Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleNicole Blain has been given a life sentence for the "violent and brutal" murder of her 19-day-old daughter, Thea Wilson. She was jailed for at least 19 years at the High Court in Glasgow following the infant's death on 14 July 2023 in Greenock, Inverclyde. Lord Scott, who imposed the sentence, dismissed Blain's "absurd" claims that another child was responsible for Thea's death. Blain was found guilty last month, having been charged with murder by repeatedly shaking her daughter and inflicting blunt force trauma. Police received a report of a baby having taken unwell at a property in Greenock. Thea later died at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow. In fullMother who murdered baby daughter and blamed ‘brutal’ death on another child jailed for lifeThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Mother jailed for life for ‘violent and brutal’ murder of newborn daughter
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleNicole Blain has been given a life sentence for the "violent and brutal" murder of her 19-day-old daughter, Thea Wilson. She was jailed for at least 19 years at the High Court in Glasgow following the infant's death on 14 July 2023 in Greenock, Inverclyde. Lord Scott, who imposed the sentence, dismissed Blain's "absurd" claims that another child was responsible for Thea's death. Blain was found guilty last month, having been charged with murder by repeatedly shaking her daughter and inflicting blunt force trauma. Police received a report of a baby having taken unwell at a property in Greenock. Thea later died at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow. In fullMother who murdered baby daughter and blamed ‘brutal’ death on another child jailed for lifeThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
