Woman murdered her pregnant friend on her wedding day and cutting baby out of her womb
A woman has been found guilty of murdering her pregnant friend on her wedding day and performing a crude caesarean operation to kidnap the unborn child. Just hours before Angelikque Sutton, 22, was to be married in November 2015, her childhood friend, Ashleigh Wade, 24, invited her to her house in New York, where she slashed her throat, stabbed her 20 times, and then cut her baby out of her body. A court in the Bronx heard Wade had slashed the expectant mother's voice box so she could not scream for help, and cut major blood vessels so she was unable to move. When police arrived, Wade told officers she had just given birth to the child and that it was hers. The baby ultimately survived. Wade had pretended she was pregnant for months ahead of the attack, and had stockpiled nappies and baby clothes. During the trial, the judge was forced to clear the courtroom when one of the jurors fainted after hearing graphic testimony and seeing images of the mutilated woman. Wade...