Sarah Louise Catt, 35, of Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire, took a drug when she was full term, 39 weeks pregnant, to cause an early delivery.

 

She claimed the boy was stillborn（死胎） and that she buried his body, but no evidence of the child was ever found. 

 

Catt made a "deliberate（故意的，深思熟虑的） and calculated decision" to end her pregnancy, a Leeds Crown Court judge said.

 

Catt, who already had two children with her husband, had a scan at 30 weeks confirming her pregnancy at a hospital in Leeds, the court heard.

 

 

Suspicions were raised when she failed to register the birth weeks later. 

 

Catt had been having an affair with a work colleague for seven years, the judge was told.

 

The court heard her husband was unaware³ of the pregnancy and was not consulted about her decision to have an abortion⁴.

 

She maintained she had a legitimate⁵ abortion at a clinic in Manchester.

 

But analysis of her computer revealed she had purchased over the internet a drug which can induce labour, from a company in Mumbai, India.

 

The defendant⁶ pleaded guilty in July to administering a poison with intent to procure⁷ a miscarriage⁸.

 

She told a psychiatrist⁹ she had taken the drug while her husband was away and delivered the baby boy by herself at home.

 

Catt said the child was not breathing or moving and that she had buried his body, but did not reveal the location. 

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