Marcus Bezerra
Headline:
'How could she hide our baby's body in a car boot?' A betrayed man reveals his lying fiancée's worst crime
Synopsis:
The sombre occasion was the first time Marcus Bezerra had seen his fiancée since last Christmas.
She was weeping in the witness box of a coroner's court where they were both attending the inquest of their baby son.
Claire Jones gave birth to the child alone last year in a house in Cardiff. Whether her perfect, full-term baby arrived in the world alive - and, if so, exactly how he came to die - is something only she can ever know.
What is known for certain is that he was dead when she wrapped his tiny body in newspaper and hid it in the boot of her car for ten days, at which point it was finally discovered by the police.
Now, Jones is under a suspended prison sentence for concealing the death of an infant.
In court just over a week ago, she cut a pale, dishevelled figure, seemingly worn down by shame - as she should be.
But disguising her child's mysterious death was far from the only way in which she deceived those closest to her.
The number of people, from work colleagues and family to her fiancé Marcus, who were all duped by her tangle of fantasy and deception is staggering.
- Publish date:
- 4 December 2008
- Author:
- Frances Hubbard
- Source:
- Daily Mail
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