Woman, 40, has been charged over death of three-month-old in Croydon

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A woman has been charged with murder following the death of a three-month-old baby girl.

The Metropolitan police said they were called by London ambulance service (LAS) at 11.57am on Saturday to a report of a young baby unresponsive at a residential address in Croydon, south London.

“Officers attended and the baby was taken to hospital. Despite the efforts of officers and LAS staff to revive baby, she was pronounced dead at around 13.05pm. Her family have been informed,” the force said. “A postmortem examination will take place in due course.”

It later said a 40-year-old woman had been charged. It said the baby and the woman were known to each other, and detectives were not looking for anyone else in connection with the investigation.