Amber Haigh and Robert Geeves signed agreement he would not take her baby days before birth, court told

Murder trial hears that Haigh promised in exchange not to allow her extended family anywhere near' the baby

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Fearful of having her baby taken from her, Amber Haigh asked Robert Geeves to sign a handwritten agreement not to take the child, days before the infant was born, a court has heard.

In exchange for this, Geeves - the father of Haigh's baby - said he made her promise not to allow her extended family anywhere near" the baby.

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