Pictured: Teenager accused of murdering her baby after ‘unexpectedly’ giving birth arrives at court

A teenager on trial accused of smothering her newborn with cotton wool and then placing his body in a garbage bag was photographed in court this morning.

Paris Mayo was just 15 when she allegedly killed her newborn son after giving birth “suddenly and unexpectedly” in her living room while her parents were upstairs.

Worcester Crown Court heard that the schoolgirl had killed the baby by attacking him and putting cotton wool in his airway. Then she put his body in a garbage bag and asked her older brother to throw it away the next day.

Jurors were told the baby’s death came to light when Mayo’s mother asked her son what was in the bag, which was described in court as “unusually heavy” and had left “streaks” of blood on the pavement.

Upon opening the bag, her distraught mother yelled “there’s a baby in the bag” when she looked inside and then called emergency services.

Mayo, now 19 years old, denies the murder of baby Stanley Mayo, who was born full term or near term on the night of March 23, 2019.

The court heard that the then schoolgirl killed the baby by attacking him and stuffing cotton wool into his airway

Prosecutor Jonas Hankin KC said, “The birth took place in the living room of the family home where Miss Mayo lived with her parents and brother George.

“She was alone and delivered the baby unassisted while her ailing father was upstairs receiving dialysis under the supervision of her mother.

“After delivery, the defendant attacked the baby on the top left and right sides of its head, causing severe brain damage.

“About two hours later, when she realized the baby was still alive, she put pieces of cotton wool in his mouth and neck.

“She put the baby’s body in a garbage bag and put it on the curb before she went to bed.”

Mr Hankin said an autopsy found the baby suffocated after a piece of cotton wool blocked his esophagus.

Worcester Crown Court heard that Mayo thought she had menstrual cramps the night the baby was born and took a warm bath.

Her brother George left her glasses of warm milk and water in front of the bathroom door before going out.

Worcester Crown Court heard the then 15-year-old schoolgirl killed the baby by attacking him and stuffing cotton wool into his airway

Mayo was just 15 when she gave birth to little Stanley in Ross-on-Wye in March 2019

When he got home, Mayo asked him not to enter the living room because she had been bleeding profusely, the jury was told.

The next morning, the teen texted her brother asking him to get rid of the garbage bag and saying she was “sick” from the previous night.

But Mayo’s mother looked inside and yelled hysterically at George, “There’s a baby in the bag.”

Mr Hankin said: ‘The defendant’s mother called emergency services and said her daughter had given birth. She was heard to say, “You could have told me honey. Poor baby. Why didn’t you tell me?’.’

The jury was given a plan of the family home in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, and instructed to write ‘birth’ in the room where the baby was born. They will also play Mayo’s mother’s 999 call.

The court heard Mayo tell paramedics she was unaware she was pregnant and that the baby had “fallen out of her.”

Worcester Crown Court heard Mayo thought she had menstrual cramps the night the baby was born and had a warm bath

Mr. Hankin said, “She told a paramedic that the baby didn’t seem okay. She hoped her mother would think the baby was rubbish and throw it away.

“She said she knew the identity of the baby’s father, but she had nothing to do with him.”

The jury heard that Mayo later called the father Benjy Davies, but this turned out to be wrong.

Learned during the murder trial that Mayo had denied being pregnant when asked by her older sister two months earlier.

Her brother had no idea his sister was pregnant, but had noticed that she had grown wider and taller and started wearing baggy clothes, the jury heard.

Mr Hankin said yesterday: ‘The prosecution says the defendant killed the baby to avoid the discovery of her pregnancy and his birth. She didn’t want the baby.

“Despite having parents and siblings—whom she acknowledges are loving and supportive and whom she could have turned to for help and advice—she killed him.”

Mayo, from Ruardean, Gloucestershire, claimed the baby wasn’t moving or breathing after she gave birth and she used cotton wool to clean up “things” that came out of his mouth.

The process is expected to take six weeks.