Essex woman jailed for life for poisoning baby son with cocktail of drugs
Summary
A woman in Essex was sentenced to life in prison for poisoning her 14-month-old son with prescription medicines. The court found she deliberately killed him after a family court ordered the child's removal from her care.Key Facts
- Emma Barnett, 36, poisoned her baby son Oakley with drugs mixed into his milk.
- The drugs she used included an antihistamine and an antidepressant.
- A family court had ordered Oakley removed from Barnett’s care.
- Barnett hid with Oakley in a loft and lied about her whereabouts.
- Police found Oakley unresponsive after Barnett admitted to killing him.
- Oakley died in hospital nearly two months after the poisoning.
- Barnett was sentenced to life with a minimum of 22 years in prison.
- She has a known mental health disorder and her five older children were also removed from her care.
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