A young mother who left her baby to die while she partied for a week with friends is facing ten years in prison in Russia.
Viktoria Kuznetsova, from Rostov, western Russia waited until her husband had been called up for military service before locking her nine-month-old baby Egor in the house.
The 17-year-old then set off to see her friends, staying in college accommodation while her child slowly starved to death.Reports in Russia say she told staff at the student dormitory that her baby was staying with an aunt.