Mum on cocaine when newborn baby died held house parties just days after tragedy
21.01.2022 - 17:14
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A mum who was on cocaine when her baby girl died in the same bed as her threw house parties just days after the newborn's death.
Aimee Jones found daughter Keira-Mae Jones, who was just two-days-old, 'unresponsive' in her bed at Barnsley Hospital on Saturday May 16, 2020.
In the days following the tragedy, the mum held as many as nine house parties, with a neighbour witnessing her drinking with friends during the height of the pandemic.
A coroner said yesterday (January 20) he would refer the case to the Crown Prosecution Service, who will 'reassess' a previous decision not to charge the mother with manslaughter, Yorkshire Live reports.
The circumstances surrounding Keira-Mae’s death were heard at an inquest today, in which Mrs Jones told the court she believed it ‘safe’ to look after a baby while on cocaine.
She told the court: “I do think you could, yeah (take cocaine). I'm not saying it's right to [but] you can safely do it, yeah."
Keira-Mae was born on Thursday, May 14, and had not been let home because she was to be placed into immediate foster care.
Her mum was allowed contact with her while in hospital and was given a room with a bed next to her cot and close to the nurses’ station.
The inquest at Sheffield's Medico Legal Centre heard how Miss Jones woke up and told horrified nurses she had "accidentally squashed the baby" as the tot lay lifeless in her arms.
Keira-Mae had suffered "catastrophic brain injuries" and after desperate attempts to resuscitate her, she was placed on life support, which was turned off four months later.
The court also heard from Mrs Jones' next door neighbour who recalled a conversation between her and Mrs Jones in the days following Keira-Mae being put on life support.
She said she had