KUCHING, Feb. 23 -- The Sessions Court here has sentenced a 28-year-old woman to three years behind bars for causing the death of her newborn son.

Sessions Court Judge Musli Ab Hamid convicted Holinesilla Felly on her own guilty plea to a charge under Section 309A of the Penal Code, which is punishable under Section 309B of the same Code, for infanticide.

Section 309B, at the discretion of the court, carries a jail term of up to 20 years and a fine upon conviction.

The offence was committed at a house on Jalan Padawan at around 7am on Oct 27 last year.

Based on the facts of the case, Holinesilla presented herself at the Serian Hospital Emergency Unit seeking treatment for abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding, and she also reported suff...