A woman who travelled from Nigeria to the United Kingdom last summer has been found by a British court to have unlawfully brought a baby into the country using a false birth narrative and forged documents, the BBC has reported.
Identified only as โSusanโ for legal reasons, the Nigerian national had been living in West Yorkshire with her husband and children since mid-2023. Before leaving the UK for Nigeria in June 2024, Susan informed her GP that she was pregnant. However, medical assessments, including scans and blood tests, later confirmed she was not expecting a child and had, in fact, been diagnosed with a tumour.
Upon her return to the UK with a baby girlโreferred to in court as โEleanorโโSusan was arrested at Gatwick Airport on suspicion of child trafficking. Sussex Police later released her on bail. A DNA test subsequently showed that neither Susan nor her husband had any biological link to the baby. (Guardian)