A student who hid her newborn baby in a cereal box after giving birth has been convicted of murder.
Jia Xin Teo, who arrived in the UK from Malaysia to study at Coventry University, concealed her pregnancy from everyone she knew and gave birth to a baby girl full-term on 4 March this year.
The 22-year-old concealed the newborn inside a cereal box, then inside a sealable bag which was put in a suitcase.
Police became concerned the baby had been abandoned after Teo denied she had given birth after going to hospital, despite showing signs she had.
The body was discovered by officers two days later at a property on Raglan Street.
Teo was found guilty of murder at Warwick Crown Court on Thursday.
The student denied murder but did admit she was scared in case her family or friends in Malaysia found out about the child and it affected her studies.
She also claimed she was hearing voices which told her to kill the baby.
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James Leslie Francis, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said: “Baby Teo was alive after birth and could have survived but Jia Xin Teo made the decision to place her inside a cereal box knowing that it would kill her.”
He said Teo had the opportunity to seek help, but instead chose to carry her pregnancy in secret and give birth alone.
Teo is due to be sentenced on 25 October.
