{"id":67922,"date":"2014-11-24T05:18:04","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T05:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=67922"},"modified":"2014-11-24T05:18:04","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T05:18:04","slug":"mother-charged-abandoning-baby-drain-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=67922","title":{"rendered":"Mother charged for abandoning baby in drain in Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian police have charged a 30-year-old woman with attempted murder after she abandoned her newborn baby in a drain in western Sydney.<\/p>\n

They say the baby boy, who is in a serious but stable condition, may have survived up to five days in the drain.<\/p>\n

He was discovered 2.5m (8ft) down inside the pit by a group of passing cyclists on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

It took several people to lift the heavy concrete slab to rescue the baby, who was malnourished and dehydrated.<\/p>\n

Police believe the baby was born last Monday and 24 hours later was squeezed through the narrow opening of a stormwater drain, falling 2.5 metres.<\/p>\n

The baby is currently receiving treatment at Sydney’s Westmead Children’s Hospital.<\/p>\n

Hospital blanket<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

It is a distressing story of abandonment and an amazing story of survival, says the BBC’s Phil Mercer in Sydney.<\/p>\n

Police doubt the baby would have survived much longer, given that in the past few days Sydney has had record breaking temperatures in excess of 40C, he adds.<\/p>\n

David Otte and his daughter were alerted to the baby’s crying as they cycled near the M7 motorway at Quakers Hill on Sunday morning, according to local reports.<\/p>\n

“It was so intense. You couldn’t not tell it was a baby,” the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Mr Otte as saying.<\/p>\n

\"NewbornThe baby boy was wrapped in what appeared to be a hospital blanket when he was found<\/strong><\/div>\n
\"DrainThe cyclists said they “couldn’t see it but we could hear it”<\/strong><\/div>\n

“We couldn’t see it but we could hear it. It was distressed.”<\/p>\n

Police said they found the mother after checking hospital records and knocking on doors in the local area.<\/p>\n

Local police inspector David Lagats described the discovery of the baby as “disturbing”.<\/p>\n

He told reporters the baby was found wrapped in a striped blanket similar to what is given to newborn babies in hospital.<\/p>\n

“The umbilical cord had been cut and had been clamped so there appears to have been some sort of medical intervention since his birth,” he added.<\/p>\n

The mother of the baby was represented legally in a Sydney court on Monday but did not appear in person, ABC reports.<\/p>\n

She has been formally denied bail and is expected to appear in court on Friday.<\/p>\n

The local magistrate reportedly recommended the mother receive post-natal care whilst in custody.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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