From left to right is: Constable Mthokozisi Gama Khayelitsha, the baby, and Miss Angela Nyameka (Victim Support Volunteers)
By Nomava Nobumba
11 November 2009
A 20 year old mother appeared in the Khayelitsha Magistrates Court yesterday on the charges of child neglect and child abuse.
She was arrested on Saturday after a one year old baby was left unattended playing outside in the cold weather.
Police’s Constable Mthokozisi Gama says they were contacted by the community after they discovered that the baby had been left alone at home.
“Police found the child playing outside in the cold weather. She was in a bad state of neglect and when brought to the station, Victim Support Volunteers found that she was extremely hungry,” he said.
Gama says after Victim Support Volunteers bathing her and seeing to her needs, police commenced with the search for her mother.
The young mother was arrested in a nearby shebeen.
The mother was released on bail and the child is currently in foster care and will remain there until the case has been finalised.
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