Modern ultrasound 3D image of baby foetus in third trimester. Picture: Dr Bernard Benoit. Source: Supplied
A MOTHER of two who admitted aborting her baby herself in the final weeks of pregnancy faces jail.
Sarah Catt, 35, bought a drug over the internet and appeared in court yesterday charged with taking it with "intent to procure a miscarriage".
She pleaded guilty to the charge but refused to co-operate with police who do not know what happened to the baby’s body, the Mail Onlinereports.
Catt, of Elmet, North Yorkshire, England, has two children, aged 10 and eight. She is still with her husband Stephen, 41, who went with her to court yesterday.
Police revealed Catt had a scan at two days short of 30 weeks in March 2010, which confirmed she was pregnant. The baby was terminated "in the final stages of pregnancy".
Chief Inspector Kerrin Smith, of North Yorkshire Police, said Catt bought a drug via the internet which is commonly used to induce abortions. Inspector Smith said the medication "could facilitate the labour and delivery of a child".
"The evidence shows this to have happened in the final stages of pregnancy within the last week of the due date that this baby should have been born," she said.
"Throughout this investigation [Catt] has claimed that this pregnancy was terminated legitimately even though that would not be legally possible.
"A legal termination can only be carried out up to 24 weeks in normal circumstances unless there are dire medical requirements to go beyond this. There were none in this case."
Catt pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 58 of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, which in theory carries a maximum life imprisonment sentence.
original: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/sarah-catt-pleads-guilty-to-aborting-baby-in-final-weeks/story-fnd134gw-1226433885015
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