Amber Haigh wanted to make a will because she feared baby’s father would ‘end her life’, court told

A paralegal gave evidence the soon-to-be teenage mother had walked into the law firm wanting to safeguard her unborn child

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A pregnant Amber Haigh said she needed to make a will because the father of her baby had threatened he would end her life" after she gave birth, a court has heard.

Giving evidence in the supreme court on Tuesday, a former paralegal said Haigh told her she needed a will to stop the father of her child taking custody of the baby, instead nominating her aunt to take the child.

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