A mother who allegedly hid her deceased baby’s body in a stormwater drain suffers a significant intellectual disability and is extremely vulnerable, a court has been told.

The woman, who cannot be identified, is charged with concealing the birth of a deceased child and had her matter heard in the Perth Magistrates Court for the first time on Friday.

Maintenance workers cleaning drains in Perth’s north found the body of a newborn baby boy by chance on August 18.

It sparked a major police investigation as authorities tried to determine the circumstances of the baby’s death.

Police believed the body had been placed in the drain within days of it being found by tradesman clearing drains of blockages.

A woman came forward to police in the days after the tragic discovery.

Defence lawyer Ka

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