Mother 'left baby in plane toilet bin' after labour
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/newzealand/5046701/Mother-left-baby-in-plane-toilet-bin-after-labour.html>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/newzealand/5046701/Mother-left-baby-in-plane-toilet-bin-after-labour.html A woman who gave birth to a baby on a flight from Samoa to New Zealand and then attempted to leave the child in a plane toilet has been arrested and charged by police. Last Updated: 2:57AM GMT 25 Mar 2009 The 29-year-old woman gave birth to the baby girl in the aircraft's toilet, without alerting anyone onboard to the fact that she was going in to labour. After the woman left the plane, cleaners found the infant lying in a toilet bin amid bloodied paper towels. Related Articles * Soldier gives birth at Army barracks after hiding pregnancy from officers * British mother arrested over baby daughter's death in Crete hotel room * Polish baby born 15 times drink drive limit * Quintuplets mother 'advised to abort' * New-born baby found abandoned in a school field The mother later returned to the plane, according to reports. She was taken to hospital with the baby and both were reported to be doing well. The Samoan woman, who has not been named, faces up to seven years in prison for abandonment, and the same term for allegedly failing to inform air officials her pregnancy was so advanced. Welfare officials are still deciding whether the mother should get long-term custody of the child. Detective Inspector Mark Gutry said police would investigate whether the baby was born in Samoan or New Zealand airspace. "There are a whole lot of issues around that - the aircraft and were that is from, where they have come from, where exactly she was born. So there are a whole lot of issues around that to be addressed," he told NZPA. The drama took place on a flight operated by Pacific Blue from Apia to Auckland. <*}}}>< <http://www.holypostage.com/>Custom Faith-based U.S. Postage <*}}}>< + <*}}}>< <http://astore.amazon.com/halthekin-20>Catholic on Amazon <*}}}>< <*}}}>< <http://www.halfthekingdom.org/on+allposters+today.html>on AllPosters today <*}}}>< + <*}}}>< <http://www.holypostage.com/>Holy Postage <*}}}>< <*}}}><<http://www.halfthekingdom.org/>Half the <http://www.halfthekingdom.org/>Kingdom!<*}}}>< + "A person is a person, no matter how small." Dr. Seuss --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Please note that I do not send or open attachments sent to this list. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Catholics on Fire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Catholics-on-Fire May the blessing of Jesus and our Blessed Mother be with you -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
