A married woman is facing jail for aborting her baby herself in the final week of pregnancy.
Sarah Catt, 35, bought a drug over the internet and has pleaded guilty to a charge of taking it with ‘intent to procure a miscarriage.’
The mother-of-two has refused to co-operate with police and detectives have no idea what happened to the baby’s body.
Further details of the ‘highly unusual’ case will be revealed when the defendant returns to Leeds Crown Court to be sentenced in September.
Catt, who has two children aged 10 and eight, is still believed to be with her husband Stephen, 41, who accompanied her to court today.
Police revealed she had a scan at two days short of 30 weeks in March 2010 which confirmed she was pregnant. However, the baby was terminated ‘in the final stages of pregnancy.’
Chief Inspector Kerrin Smith, of North Yorkshire Police, said outside court ‘many questions remain unanswered’ despite a long police investigation.
Police found evidence Catt bought medication commonly used to induce abortions via the internet.
The drug she purchased is normally used to induce labour if the baby has already di*d in the womb or the pregnant woman is taking part in a clinical trial.
It causes uterine contractions and opens the cervix, causing the body to expel the foetus hours after it is taken.
Inspector Smith said the medication ‘could facilitate the labour and delivery of a child.’
