In a village in Berdychiv region, a 38-year-old woman gave birth to a boy on her own and hit him on the head no less than six times with a blunt object, after which she threw him into a well on the territory of an abandoned settlement.

This was announced today, October 17, by the press service of the Berdychiv city-district court of the Zhytomyr region.

"The baby's body lay there for more than a month before it was discovered. Forensic medical experts stated that the baby was full-term, was born alive, did not have any developmental defects, and the time between his birth and death was ... only a few minutes," they noted. in court

During the pre-trial investigation, the woman in labor was sent to an inpatient commission for a psychiatric examination, which testified that at the time of the indicted crime, the woman suffered from mental retardation, due to which she was deprived of the ability to understand and control her actions.

During the court session, she indicated that she did not understand what happened to her then.

After examining the evidence, the court found it proven that the mother, in a state of insanity, had committed a socially dangerous act, provided for in Article 117 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, and issued a decree on the application of coercive medical measures to her.

After the decision becomes final, the woman will be hospitalized in a psychiatric treatment facility under strict supervision.

We will remind,

in the Poltava region, a 38-year-old woman was found guilty and sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempting to kill her own child.

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