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Brian Farmer

Mum who killed four-month-old son after leaving him alone in bath named

A mum who killed her four-month-old son by leaving him alone in a bath has been named after the High Court lifted an order barring her being identified.

Simone Perry was convicted of unlawfully killing Renzo Lake by gross negligence following a trial at Northampton Crown Court.

Mrs Justice Lieven on Monday ruled that Perry and Renzo could be identified in an online private hearing in the Family Division of the High Court.

Jurors had found Perry guilty of manslaughter on Friday after a trial, overseen by Judge Adrienne Lucking, at Northampton Crown Court.

They heard that Renzo had died in a bath when nearly five months old in January 2019.

The judge ruled the mum and baby could be named - stock image (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Police said Perry had left Renzo in a bath seat for five minutes. They said she had left the room assuming he would be safe.

But police said Renzo had slipped out of the bath seat and drowned.

Mrs Justice Lieven lifted a reporting restrictions order which had been imposed by another judge based in the Family Division of the High Court earlier this month.

Council social services bosses had asked for restrictions.

They argued that naming Perry in media reports would lead to the identification of other children in the family.

PA said people had a right to know the names of people who were tried and convicted at public hearings, unless there were exceptional circumstances.

Mrs Justice Lieven agreed and said there was nothing exceptional about the case to justify Perry's name being kept out of the public domain.

She said other children in the family should not be named in media reports.

Perry is due to be sentenced on April 23.

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