Woodhouse Moor Leeds: Mother charged with murder after death of five-month-old baby girl in Leeds

Alex Grant
By Alex Grant
Published 22nd Dec 2023, 18:15 BST
Updated 22nd Dec 2023, 18:15 BST
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A woman is due to appear in court charged over the death of her baby in Leeds.

Hayley Macfarlane, aged 39, of Barnsley, has been charged with the murder of her five-month-old daughter Evelyn in an incident in Woodhouse Moor park on Wednesday, December 20.

She has been remanded to appear at Leeds Magistrates Court tomorrow.

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At about 5.45pm on Wednesday (December 20), the woman contacted police to report a baby in a serious condition in an area of Woodhouse Moor. Officers went to the park, at the junction of Clarendon Road and Moorland Road, and found the five-month-old girl.

She was taken to hospital by ambulance for emergency treatment but died a short time later.