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A tragic home birth which descended into 'chaos', claiming the lives of a mother and her baby, was caused by 'neglect', ‘catastrophic error’ and ‘gross failures to provide basic care’, a coroner has found.

Jennifer Cahill, 34, died in hospital on June 3, 2024, after giving birth at her family home in Prestwich which she shared with her husband, Robert Cahill, and their first child.

Their second child, baby Agnes, also died in hospital four days later .

Today (October 27), a coroner concluded the family had suffered what should have been a 'Victorian-aged tragedy' played out in the modern day.

Agnes was born not breathing, covered in meconium and with the umbilical cord around her neck. Soon after, Mrs Cahill suffered a postpartum haemorrhage, with experts estimat

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