German Porsche Exec Mom Dropped Newborn Girl Out of Window, Fearing Baby Would Derail Career [Video]

A German woman has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for manslaughter after throwing her newborn daughter out of a window last year.

Katarina Jovanovic, 28, of Baden-Wuerttemberg, was convicted Wednesday at the Heilbronn District Court, as reported by Daily Mail.

According to prosecutors, Jovanovic had secretly given birth at home on September 12, and then dropped her newborn daughter from her apartment window, at a height of nearly 12 feet. A passerby found the baby with a shattered skull on the asphalt and immediately alerted the police. The child succumbed to its injuries.

Jovanovic Told the Court She Didn’t Know She was Pregnant, Baby Dropped Accidentally Out of Shock

At the beginning of the trial in April, Jovanovic confessed to the crime, but could not explain her motives. She claimed she didn’t know she was pregnant. The defense argued that the defendant didn’t know she was pregnant and panicked once she gave birth.

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