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| 'Home alone' mother is sentenced | 'Home alone' mother is sentenced |
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| A mother who left her 14-year-old daughter home alone for six weeks has been given a 13-week suspended jail term. | |
| Magistrates in Welshpool, Powys were told the woman went abroad to see her boyfriend last year leaving the girl with £100 and a fridge full of food. | Magistrates in Welshpool, Powys were told the woman went abroad to see her boyfriend last year leaving the girl with £100 and a fridge full of food. |
| She denied neglect and abandonment, saying she arranged for her neighbour and ex-husband to look after the girl. | She denied neglect and abandonment, saying she arranged for her neighbour and ex-husband to look after the girl. |
| The woman must carry out 130 hours unpaid work and fined £450 costs. | |
| Her jail term is suspended for 18 months. | |
| School dinners | School dinners |
| During her trial in January, magistrates were told the defendant, who cannot be named, had stocked the fridge and freezer at the family home with pizza, oven chips and microwave meals before going abroad between April and June 2007. | During her trial in January, magistrates were told the defendant, who cannot be named, had stocked the fridge and freezer at the family home with pizza, oven chips and microwave meals before going abroad between April and June 2007. |
| Of the £100 she gave to her daughter, £60 was spent almost immediately on school dinners for the period she was away. | Of the £100 she gave to her daughter, £60 was spent almost immediately on school dinners for the period she was away. |
| The girl spent most of the remaining £40 on clothes and CDs, the court heard. | The girl spent most of the remaining £40 on clothes and CDs, the court heard. |
| The trial was told social services had found out about the girl's situation after two days and had arranged for her father, the woman's ex-husband, to look after her for the remainder of her mother's holiday. | The trial was told social services had found out about the girl's situation after two days and had arranged for her father, the woman's ex-husband, to look after her for the remainder of her mother's holiday. |
| The girl's father was said to have been unaware his daughter had been left home alone. | The girl's father was said to have been unaware his daughter had been left home alone. |