Woman charged with murder after throwing newborn baby into latrine pit then continuing as normal

Mother is charged with murder after throwing her newborn baby into a latrine pit immediately after giving birth in Ukraine

  •  Woman charged with murdering infant son by throwing him into latrine pit following secret birth at home
  • Kept pregnancy hidden from neighbours and it fell to the local mayor to report suspicious circumstances to police
  • Carried on afterwards as if nothing had happened, buying alcohol and making a sandwich with the same knife used to cut umb 

A woman has been charged with murder for allegedly throwing her newly born son into a latrine pit claiming he had been stillborn.

Liliya Riznyk, 31, delivered the baby alone at her home in the village of Zavodivka in southern Ukraine’s Odessa Oblast region.

After giving birth, she put the baby into a plastic bag before taking the boy to a nearby latrine pit and throwing him in, after which, she casually went to buy some alcohol.

Whilst being interrogated by the police, she said: ‘It [the newborn baby] was lying on the floor and not moving. I did not check if it was alive.

‘I put it in a yellow plastic bag and threw it into the toilet.’

Liliya Riznyk, who throw her baby son down a latrine immediately after giving birth and has now been charged with murder, facing five years in prison if found guilty

This was Riznyk’s fourth pregnancy yet only the first child, Svetlana, 14, is still alive and now lives in an orphanage. 

The second pregnancy resulted in a miscarriage due to Riznyk’s heavy abuse of alcohol and third saw the child die when it choked after she breastfed the baby then put it to bed.

It is believed that the four children were all fathered by different men 

Though Riznyk attempted to hide her pregnancy, it fell to the local Mayor Maksym Kutovyi to alert the police.

He said: ‘She was saying that she put on some weight trying to hide her pregnancy from everybody.

‘So when her belly got flatter and smaller it looked suspicious and I called the police.’

The house where Riznyk secretly gave birth to her child before allegedly throwing him into a latrine and continuing as if nothing had happened

The house where Riznyk secretly gave birth to her child before allegedly throwing him into a latrine and continuing as if nothing had happened

When the police raided Riznyk’s house she confessed to throwing the baby into the latrine pit but claimed he had been stillborn, something later disproved by forensic investigation examinations, according to local media.  

Witness Olena Radko said: ‘She [Riznyk] was smoking and laughing while watching cops who were pulling the child out of the toilet.

‘I did not see any signs of regret on her face when they opened the bag and we saw the dead newborn boy inside. She remained totally indifferent.

‘After cutting the umbilical cord, she used the knife without even having washed it to make a sandwich.’ 

The knife Riznyk reportedly used to cut the umbilical cord, after which she made a sandwich without even washing it

The knife Riznyk reportedly used to cut the umbilical cord, after which she made a sandwich without even washing it

Odessa Regional Police spokeswoman Lubov Gordievska said: ‘The woman did not register her pregnancy at hospital and gave birth to the baby at home in secret.’ 

The incident took place in April and not date for the trial has yet been set. 

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