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A MUM who claims she accidentally flushed her baby down the toilet told the child's father it had died while she was in Sheffield.
An inquest heard Claire Jones created a web of deception after she became pregnant following an affair.
The 32-year-old claimed she did not realise she had given birth to the 7lb 8oz baby until she flushed the toilet and saw him in the bowl.
Her attempt to cover up fell apart when she "disappeared" from her home in Wales and told the baby's father Marcos Bezerra she was in Sheffield and the baby had died.
Midwives received a phone call from a woman claiming to be Ms Jones' sister-in-law, saying she had lost the baby in a car accident in Sheffield.
Mr Bezerra contacted police who arrested Ms Jones.
Ms Jones had been "leading two different lives", the Cardiff inquest heard, hiding the pregnancy from friends, family and her partner of 11 years, David Stoneman.
Daniel Jones was born on December 28, a week after his due date, in a toilet at Mr Stoneman's parents' home.
Coroner Mary Hassell recorded a narrative verdict on Daniel's death, saying she did not know if he was alive or dead at birth. If he was not stillborn, he likely drowned after falling into the toilet.
She said Ms Jones' claim that she did not know she was in labour was "beyond belief".
Ms Jones sobbed as she said: "While I was still on the toilet I flushed it and I felt something pull."
She said she pulled the baby out of the toilet and could feel no pulse and did not call for help because "nobody knew I was pregnant." She added: "I just panicked."
Daniel's body was found in her car at the home she shared with Mr Stoneman in Cardiff 10 days later.
Ms Jones was sentenced to 48 weeks' prison, suspended for two years, at Cardiff Crown Court in August for concealing Daniel's birth.
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