{"id":198633,"date":"2019-03-12T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/198633\/mother-arrested-for-child-neglect\/"},"modified":"2019-03-12T14:51:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T12:51:27","slug":"mother-arrested-for-child-neglect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/03\/12\/mother-arrested-for-child-neglect\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother arrested for child neglect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 30-year-old woman brought a three-month-old baby to the Primrose Police Station, last Monday, claiming she had found him crying on a street corner.<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/198625\/tip-off-leads-to-arrest-of-alleged-sassa-scammers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tip-off leads to arrest of alleged Sassa scammers<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cThe baby was taken to Bertha Gxowa Hospital for treatment before he was taken to a place of safety for the night,\u201d said Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe following morning when the child was taken to social development for placement the social workers recognised him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They explained to police that a 30-year-old woman had brought the baby to them, last Friday, alleging someone had left him at a local clinic.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe woman further alleged she could not care for the baby as she was leaving for Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe social workers advised her to bring the child back on Monday, but she never came,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/198499\/dont-abuse-10111-number-use-it-responsibly\/\" target=\"_blank\">Don\u2019t abuse 10111 number, use it responsibly<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>It was discovered the woman was the child\u2019s mother and police arrested her for child neglect.<\/p>\n<p>She was held at the Primrose Police Station and has since appeared in the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court where her case was postponed for plea and trial.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"mailto:leighh@caxton.co.za\">leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or Kgotsofalang Mashilo (journalist)\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" 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