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Line of Duty mum: Having a child with Down s is about love - I fear it could one day be eliminated
Jane Jessop says Tommy brought warmth into her life - and worries society might deprive children with Down s syndrome of the chance to live
4 April 2021 • 5:00am
Tommy, pictured inset with his mother Jane, plays murder suspect Terry Boyle in BBC drama Line of Duty
Credit: Steffan Hill/ BBC
Jane Jessop tried her best to remain philosophical on January 19 1985, when she was told by a doctor that her newborn son, Tommy, had Down’s syndrome, the genetic condition caused by the presence of an extra chromosome in a baby’s cells.