{"id":80612,"date":"2025-05-07T01:37:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T01:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/80612\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T01:37:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T01:37:11","slug":"two-charged-with-murdering-five-week-old-baby-in-staffordshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/80612\/","title":{"rendered":"Two charged with murdering five-week-old baby in Staffordshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sean Jefferson from Walsall and Amy Leigh Clark of Lichfield have been charged with murdering a five-week-old baby in Burntwood<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_Hudson-Drive-in-Burntwood.jpg\" alt=\"Google Maps street view of one end of Hudson Drive in Burntwood\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>A five-week-old baby died two days after police were called to an incident in Hudson Drive in Burntwood back in March 2022(Image: Google )<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A man and a woman have been charged with murdering a five-week old baby in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/staffordshire\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Staffordshire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Police were called to an incident in Hudson Drive in Burntwood on Sunday, March 27, 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The baby died in hospital two days later, on Tuesday March 29.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/sex-attack-walsall-street-police-31584510\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Street sex attack as police issue CCTV appeal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Now Sean Jefferson, 34, of <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/walsall\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Walsall<\/a> Road, Walsall, and Amy Leigh Clark, 33, of Enots Close in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/lichfield\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Lichfield<\/a>, have been charged with murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get breaking news on <\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/FJKVhwxllixI0DiCj9e2sk\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">BirminghamLive WhatsApp<\/strong><\/a><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">, click the link to join<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">They have both also been charged with causing\/allowing the death of a child and two counts of Section 18 grievous bodily harm with intent and three counts of causing\/allowing a child to suffer serious physical harm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/birmingham-drug-dealer-caught-dealing-31582279\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Drug dealer caught dealing heroin and crack avoids jail term<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=67ec6fc9-65d2-4b0c-b55e-ee73660ce693&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get the latest BirminghamLive news direct to your inbox<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Staffordshire Police said: \u201cA man and a woman have been charged with murder after the death of a five-week-old baby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cSean Jefferson, 34, of Walsall, and Amy Leigh Clark, 33, of Lichfield, have been charged with murder, causing\/allowing the death of a child and two counts of Section 18 grievous bodily harm with intent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cThey have also been charged with three counts of causing\/allowing a child to suffer serious physical harm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cThey both appeared at the North Staffordshire Justice Centre on Friday (2 May) were remanded into custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cThey are due to appear at Stafford Crown Court on 11 June.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sean Jefferson from Walsall and Amy Leigh Clark of Lichfield have been charged with murdering a five-week-old 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