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| Charges over 'abandoned' NY girl | Charges over 'abandoned' NY girl |
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| A New York cabbie who took an infant to a fire station claiming it had been left in his cab has been charged with lying to help friends abandon the baby. | A New York cabbie who took an infant to a fire station claiming it had been left in his cab has been charged with lying to help friends abandon the baby. |
| Klever Sailema, 44, had been hailed when he dropped off the six-month-old girl on Thursday, in a case that caught the city's imagination. | Klever Sailema, 44, had been hailed when he dropped off the six-month-old girl on Thursday, in a case that caught the city's imagination. |
| He initially told police a man had got into his cab carrying the baby, but had vanished after asking him to stop. | He initially told police a man had got into his cab carrying the baby, but had vanished after asking him to stop. |
| Police now say Mr Sailema was helping a family that could not cope with her. | Police now say Mr Sailema was helping a family that could not cope with her. |
| Officers say that a day after Mr Sailema dropped her off at the fire station, they learned that the baby's mother was a 14-year-old girl from the Bronx district of New York. | Officers say that a day after Mr Sailema dropped her off at the fire station, they learned that the baby's mother was a 14-year-old girl from the Bronx district of New York. |
| Feeling terrible | Feeling terrible |
| The family allegedly decided to abandon the child when the teenager ran away from home after a violent row with her father. | The family allegedly decided to abandon the child when the teenager ran away from home after a violent row with her father. |
| Mr Sailema says he never meant any harmPolice say Mr Sailema became involved because he was dating the sister of the baby's father. | Mr Sailema says he never meant any harmPolice say Mr Sailema became involved because he was dating the sister of the baby's father. |
| Investigators believe she persuaded the driver to help the overwhelmed family. | Investigators believe she persuaded the driver to help the overwhelmed family. |
| Mr Sailema has been charged with filing a false report. | |
| In an interview published on Sunday, he told the New York Post newspaper that he was only trying to assure the baby's safety. | In an interview published on Sunday, he told the New York Post newspaper that he was only trying to assure the baby's safety. |
| "It wasn't my intention to hurt anybody," he is quoted as saying. | "It wasn't my intention to hurt anybody," he is quoted as saying. |
| "Every time I lied, I though it would end there. I felt terrible." | "Every time I lied, I though it would end there. I felt terrible." |
| The baby, who has not been named, has been placed in a foster home. | The baby, who has not been named, has been placed in a foster home. |
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