Mother of Strictly Come Dancing star with Down’s syndrome was urged by nurse to abandon her at hospital

The mother of a model and actress with Down’s syndrome said that a nurse encouraged her to leave her newborn baby to die at the hospital.

Yvonne Goldstein, the mother of model and actress Ellie Goldstein, 24, explained that, after she was told that Ellie had Down’s syndrome, a nurse said “The last mother who had one of these left it here. Do you want to do that?’” Clearly shocked, Yvonne responded by saying “What are you talking about? [Of] course not”.

After hearing from the midwife that Ellie had Down’s syndrome, Yvonne said they told her “Do not feed her. Don’t do anything”. Four hours later, a medical team of seven people came back, with one of them telling Yvonne “This is Ellie. She’s got Down’s syndrome. She will never walk, talk or go to university”.