{"id":103295,"date":"2015-10-29T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T06:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/103295\/woman-leaves-baby-under-tree\/"},"modified":"2015-10-29T08:37:12","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T06:37:12","slug":"woman-leaves-baby-under-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/10\/29\/woman-leaves-baby-under-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Drunken mom abandons baby"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a recent drunken night out, a 28-year-old mother brought her 18-month-old baby to the Primrose Police Station.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mother told officers that her child\u2019s father was causing problems for her and that she did not want the child any more,\u201d said Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p>

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Officers tried to talk to the drunken woman, but she would not listen and left the station.<\/p>\n

\u201cMinutes after the woman left, a child\u2019s crying was heard.<\/p>

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\u201cThe woman\u2019s 18-month-old baby was found left under a tree close to the station,\u201d Maome said.<\/p>\n

The mother was found with a man only a few kilometres away from the station.<\/p>\n

She was arrested and charged with child neglect.<\/p>\n

The accused appeared in the Germiston Magistrate Court, where she was released on a warning.<\/p>\n

The child has been taken to a place of safety.<\/p>\n

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