Amherstburg woman sentenced in dumpster baby case

CTV London: Samantha Richards sentenced Amherstburg woman sentenced after the body of a baby was found in a London dumpster. Nick Paparella reports

An Amherstburg woman who plead guilty to concealing the body of a child has been given a suspended sentence and two years of probation.

Samantha Richards, 24, was sentenced in a London court on Wednesday.

Richards pleaded guilty on May 18 to concealing the body of a child after an infant was found in a shopping bag in a dumpster in downtown London.

A charge of neglect to obtain assistance during child birth was withdrawn last December.

Her lawyer Patricia Brown said Richards feels shame, guilt and self-hatred and has kept to herself at home since being charged on June 21,2016.

London police said a newborn was discovered behind 675 Richmond St. in London on June 16, 2016.