Police claim 41-year-old woman was an unregistered midwife while another woman, 51, held no medical qualifications when baby died in Coffs Harbour
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Two women who police allege practised as unregistered midwives have been charged with manslaughter after a baby died after a home birth on the New South Wales mid north coast.
The women, aged 41 and 51, appeared in Coffs Harbour local court on Wednesday in relation to the newborn boy’s death in 2022.
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