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Mother and three others remanded in custody accused of murdering newborn Maria, stabbed 33 times on day she was born

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Andrea Skopova, Peter Horvath, Peter Horvath, and Nina Horvathova, who were remanded in custody after appearing at Sheffield Crown Court charged with murdering newborn Maria Skopova, found stabbed 15 times in a…
Andrea Skopova, Peter Horvath, Peter Horvath, and Nina Horvathova, who were remanded in custody after appearing at Sheffield Crown Court charged with murdering newborn Maria Skopova, found stabbed 15 times in a…
Andrea Skopova, whose daughter Maria was born on 30 August in Sheffield and suffered 33 wounds before her body was found in an outhouse, faces a murder trial set for 12 April.
Andrea Skopova, whose daughter Maria was born on 30 August in Sheffield and suffered 33 wounds before her body was found in an outhouse, faces a murder trial set for 12 April.
Peter Horvath Sr, who also faces charges of causing or allowing the death of a child and perverting the course of justice, as the inquest into Maria's death has been adjourned until 25 March pending the criminal…
Peter Horvath Sr, who also faces charges of causing or allowing the death of a child and perverting the course of justice, as the inquest into Maria's death has been adjourned until 25 March pending the criminal…
Peter Horvath Jr faces a murder trial set for 12 April over the death of newborn Maria Skopova, who suffered 33 wounds from 15 stab attacks on the day of her birth.
Peter Horvath Jr faces a murder trial set for 12 April over the death of newborn Maria Skopova, who suffered 33 wounds from 15 stab attacks on the day of her birth.

Andrea Skopova, 20, appeared at Sheffield Crown Court with Peter Horvath Jr, 19, his father Peter Horvath Sr, 38, and his mother Nina Horvathova, 37, all charged with the murder of a newborn on the day of her birth. Judge Jeremy Richardson KC remanded the four Slovakian nationals in custody and set a trial date of April 12 next year, with the proceedings expected to last up to seven weeks. A 15-year-old girl, who cannot be named, was also in court facing a charge of perverting the course of justice.

Baby Maria Skopova was discovered on August 30, swaddled in a towel and left inside a bag on a washing machine in an outbuilding in Wincobank, Sheffield.

All four adults face additional charges of causing or allowing a child's death and of perverting the course of justice, the latter relating to the alleged cleaning of the crime scene.

Large crowds gathered outside Sheffield Crown Court as the defendants — accompanied by seven security guards and three Slovak interpreters — heard the case put against them.

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