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The Baby in the Rubbish Chute - A nurse charged with the murder of her newly-born baby.
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Well, this was a case of a nurse in a hospital in Ballarat, who was charged with the murder of her newly-born baby. Strangely enough, nobody knew she was pregnant.

It was a Saturday morning and she’d been working in an operating theatre. She was a big girl and wearing a form-concealing coverall smock, and she was on duty till about midday, when being a weekend, her flatmate went off home and she was left alone. Her roommate didn’t even know she was pregnant ...read more +

 
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