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flag Australian woman gets suspended sentence for hiding stillborn baby after concealing pregnancy.

Monique Ellen Burton, 35, from Geraldton, Western Australia, has been given an 19-month suspended jail sentence after her stillborn baby was found in a freezer. Burton concealed her pregnancy and hid the baby's body in a garbage bag behind her couch; her partner, Shaun Balaam, later moved it to the freezer. She pleaded guilty to interfering with a corpse and faced fraud charges for a GoFundMe campaign set up for fictitious liver issues. The judge noted her motive was to avoid the consequences of her secret pregnancy.

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