An Italian woman has admitted killing her baby daughter during a trip to London.
Federica Boscolo-Gnolo pleaded guilty to the manslaughter by diminished responsibility of two-month-old Farah between January 23 and 30 last year.
But the 32-year-old, from Chioggia, denied murder during a short hearing at the Old Bailey.
The child’s body has never been found but is believed to have been disposed of in the Russell Square area of central London.
Prosecutor Jonathan Higgs QC told the court that her plea to the lesser charge was accepted in light of three psychiatric reports.
The Recorder of London Nicholas Hilliard QC adjourned sentencing until Friday April 8.
The defendant, who spoke only to enter her plea in accented English, was remanded into a secure hospital.
