A 27-year-old woman was apprehended yesterday, 08 March 2022 after she went to Bushbuckridge Police Station and reportedly claimed that she deserted her child on Thursday, 03 March 2022.
Reports indicate that on the said day, 03 March 2022, two ladies were walking on the street at College View, Bushbuckridge next to a school when they heard a strange noise of a child crying in the nearby bushes. As they drew closer, they then discovered an abandoned infant who was probably about a day old. Police were then alerted and the baby was taken to hospital whilst a case of child neglect was opened for investigation.
On Monday, 07 March 2022, when the said woman alluded to the fact that she was the mother of the infant, police locked her up and charged her accordingly.
