Woman gets 1-year term for murdering her new-born baby

A woman was sentenced to one year in prison on Tuesday for suffocating her unwanted baby right after birth.

The 26-year-old, whose name was not released, delivered a baby boy at a toilet in her factory in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province in February. Soon after the birth, the woman stuffed toilet paper into his mouth.

The accused “actively murdered the infant,” a judge at Gwangju District Court said.

“The crime is very grave. It is unclear whether she sincerely regrets her act or even feels any guilt.”

The woman conceived the child with her boyfriend, but was ashamed of being an unmarried mother and anxious about her future.