Baby-killer mum stormed off at gender reveal after discovering out she was having lady
Nicole Blain, 30, was convicted of murdering her 19-day-old daughter, Thea Jane Wilson at the High Court in Glasgow after the baby suffered catastrophic injuries including skull fractures
Blain stormed off(Image: TikTok)
A mum who horrifically murdered her newborn baby was filmed storming off in a huff at her gender reveal party after discovering she was expecting a girl.
Nicole Blain, 30, was found guilty today of the murder of her 19-day-old daughter Thea Jane Wilson, following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
Little Thea endured a series of devastating injuries including three skull fractures, brain damage and bleeding behind the eyes after Blain lost control at her flat in Greenock, Inverclyde, on July 14, 2023. The infant’s injuries were consistent with being violently shaken and repeatedly struck against a hard floor, wall or piece of furniture.
Footage has now emerged from Blain’s gender reveal party for the then unborn Thea, shared on February 7, 2023. The video shows Blain visibly upset as she holds a pink knife.
Blain is seen shouting at a loved one holding a black balloon filled with either blue or pink confetti – indicating the sex of her baby – while trying to pop it. She finally manages to burst it and strands of pink confetti scatter across the living room, reports the Daily Record.
Blain is then captured storming off, but not before she raises her middle finger to the camera. The song ‘Am I Wrong?’ by Nico and Vinz can be heard playing loudly in the background.
Before being convicted today, Blain tried to conceal her daughter’s death by claiming she had woken up from a nap to find her lifeless on the floor. She later suggested that another child also present in the flat had “done” whatever happened to Thea.
A pathologist effectively dismissed the possibility that Thea could have been fatally injured by being dropped by this young child. Thea was described as “perfect” when she was born on 25 June 2023 during the trial.
Blain, who had been out on bail, sobbed uncontrollably as she was led away in handcuffs to the cells. She is due back in court next month.
On the day of the murder, Blain had planned to take the child to her paternal grandmother Laura Wilson’s house in Ayrshire. However, around 2pm that afternoon, the grandmother’s husband Alan received a call from Blain on her mobile.
Mr Wilson, 59, told the jury: “I could hear screaming. I had never heard anything like it. It was piercing and extremely loud. I thought it was an older child doing it, but then I realised it was the baby who was screaming.
“She (Blain) did mumble ‘I do not know what to do’. She did not sound right. I said ‘hang up and phone an ambulance’.”
Mrs Wilson also had a conversation with the murderous mother. The witness remembered: “She said she had found Thea on the floor with no clothes on and had a bump on her head.”
Mrs Wilson hurried to the hospital in Glasgow to be there for her cherished granddaughter. She questioned Blain about what had occurred at the flat.
Mrs Wilson: “She said that it was (another child also staying with her) who had done it.” Blain added that she had woken up and found Thea out of her crib and on the floor.
Tragically, Thea did not survive – it was determined that the baby had suffered “significant non-accidental head trauma”. In addition to the skull fractures, Thea also had injuries to her ribs consistent with her chest being compressed.
The baby’s neck was also injured, which could have resulted from a “forceful” back and forth movement of her head.
Pathologist Leighanne Deboys informed the jury that a combination of Thea being shaken and impact with a hard surface would account for these horrific injuries – described by another doctor as akin to those sustained by a car crash victim.
However, in court, Blain emphasised her love for Thea, a sentiment she also expressed in texts to the baby’s grandmother, Laura Wilson. In separate footage from June last year, Blain was filmed being driven out of her then home in Renfrewshire after an angry crowd descended on the property.
This occurred just weeks after the full allegations of how she had harmed her daughter came to light. Police had to guard the house as two women – one believed to be Blain – were escorted into a van by three officers.
Sentencing was postponed for Blain – who had a minor previous assault conviction – pending reports.
