London, November 12: A nurse was sentenced three years in jail Friday for killing her baby by force feeding — the first such case in Britain.
Gloria Dwomoh, 31, was found guilty at the Old Bailey last month of causing or allowing the death of 10-month-old Diamond, the Daily Mail reported Friday.
The mother was said to be obsessed with the baby’s weight. She poured liquidised food down her throat with a jug when she was weaning her.
The incident occurred in March last year. The baby died she was taken to a hospital near her home in Waltham Forest, east London.
The post-mortem examination revealed the baby died from pneumonia caused by food, including meat and cereals, in her lungs.
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