Mother kills newborn daughter to save her career [DETAILS]
A 26 - year -old mother who stabbed her newborn daughter to death with a pair of kitchen scissors because she feared having a child would harm her career , has been arraigned. Rachel Tunstill , dumped her newborn baby’ s body in a bin after allegedly butchering her with scissors 15 times at the flat she shared with boyfriend , Ryan Kelly. Preston Crown Court heard the couple ’ s daughter Mia Kelly had been born after Tunstill had gone into labour on their toilet while Ryan played on his XBOX . But she told her partner that she was ‘ having another miscarriage ’ and got him to hand her a pair of scissors . Tunstill , who holds a degree in psychology and a masters in forensic psychology , told Ryan she didn ’ t need medical attention during the three hour -long event . The Sun Online reports that prosecutor Louise Blackwell told the court : “ On January 14 , the defendant had been at work at Benjamin House . “She had gone home that evening and then in the bathroom she had ...