Frenchwoman found guilty of killing eight newborns, sentenced to nine years

A Frenchwoman was on Friday in Douai (France), convicted of murdering eight of her newborns over an 11-year period and sentenced to nine years in prison.

The prosecutor said Dominique Cottrez, a 51-year-old mother of two adult daughters, has stood trial for six days at court in the city of Douai in northern France.
The prosecutor, while acknowledging her fragile mental state, had called for Cottrez to be sentenced to 18 years.
He said the murders came to light in the village of Villers-au-Tertre, in July 2010 after the owners of a new home, which used to be the Cottrez family house, discovered two bags with the corpses.
The prosecutor said few days later, six more bags with the bodies of newborns were found inside Cottrez’s house.
At the time, Cottrez said she had suffocated the babies because she did not want more children, and did not want to seek out contraception from a doctor.
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