Tears at funeral of tragic baby 'stabbed 15 times' and found dead in outhouse
The child's grieving grandfather carried the casket into the cathedral for the funeral service(Image: BBC/ Oli Constable)
TL;DR
- Newborn Maria Skopova was found dead on the day of her birth with 33 wounds from 15 stabbings.
- Her mother Andrea Skopova, boyfriend Peter Horvath Jnr, and his parents Peter Horvath Snr and Nina Horvathova are charged with her murder.
- The four defendants are also charged with causing or allowing the death of a child and perverting the course of justice.
- A funeral service was held for Maria at St Marie's Catholic Cathedral in Sheffield.
- A 15-year-old girl, not named due to her age, is charged with perverting the course of justice.
- A trial is scheduled to begin in April next year.