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.
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“The baby was taken to Bertha Gxowa Hospital for treatment before he was taken to a place of safety for the night,” said Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.
“The following morning when the child was taken to social development for placement the social workers recognised him.”
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.
“The woman further alleged she could not care for the baby as she was leaving for Zimbabwe.
“The social workers advised her to bring the child back on Monday, but she never came,” said Maome.
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It was discovered the woman was the child’s mother and police arrested her for child neglect.
She was held at the Primrose Police Station and has since appeared in the Germiston Magistrate’s Court where her case was postponed for plea and trial.
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