A mother has been charged with murdering an 18-day-old baby girl in central London.
The Metropolitan Police said officers were called to a residential property on Horseferry Road, Westminster, around 7.30am on Saturday after reports a baby had fallen from a height.
The baby was taken to hospital, where she sadly died.
The girl’s mother, Zahira Byjaouane, of Horseferry Road, Westminster, was charged with murder on Sunday.
The 43-year-old will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
A forensic investigator at the window of a property near the junction of Great Peter Street and Horseferry Road. Credit: PA
On Sunday morning, flowers and a toy animal had been left near the Peabody Estate building where a police cordon had been lifted.
Two forensic officers could be seen working in a third-floor flat on Saturday evening.
Detectives are appealing for anyone with information to come forward.
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