Woman in her 30s is detained under Mental Health act after child was found dead in house in Oldham
Mother ‘shouted “he can’t breathe” in street before body of young boy was found inside his home’ – as woman in her 30s is detained under Mental Health Act
A woman in her 30s was yesterday detained in Oldham, Greater ManchesterNeighbours had said a mother could be heard shouting ‘he can’t breathe’Police have said that a child was ‘sadly pronounced dead at the scene’Officers were called by the ambulance service at around 6.20pm yesterday
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Neighbours today said they heard a mother shouting ‘he can’t breathe’ in the street before the body of a young boy was found inside a house in Oldham.
Officers were called by the ambulance service at around 6.20pm yesterday to an incident at a property on Elm Road in the Limeside area, Greater Manchester Police said in a statement.
Police said a child was discovered and pronounced dead. An investigation into the death is now underway, they added.
Police officers guarding a cordon outside a house on Elm Road in Limeside, Oldham, where officers were called to by the ambulance service at around 6.20pm yesterday
Officers outside a property in Oldham. A woman in her 30s has been detained under the Mental Health Act following the death of a child
‘Specialist officers will offer them support.
‘Our investigation is in the early stages and we’d ask anyone with information to contact us or Crimestoppers immediately.
Police said ‘a child was sadly pronounced dead at the scene’ and an investigation is underway into the circumstances surrounding the death
‘Due to previous police contact, this incident has been referred to our Professional Standards Branch and will be referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.
‘This sad news is bound to cause distress in the community but I would like to offer reassurance that we are doing everything we can to establish the circumstances.’
Those with information are asked to contact police on 0161 856 3656 quoting 2284 31/12/21 or to do so anonymously via independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
