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| Mother admits abandoning baby in Birmingham park | Mother admits abandoning baby in Birmingham park |
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| A woman has pleaded guilty to abandoning her newborn baby girl in a park. | A woman has pleaded guilty to abandoning her newborn baby girl in a park. |
| The 10-week-old infant was found in a bag wrapped in a towel in the Stechford area of Birmingham in October. | The 10-week-old infant was found in a bag wrapped in a towel in the Stechford area of Birmingham in October. |
| She was named Jade by hospital staff, after the dog that found her, then given a new name and put into foster care. | She was named Jade by hospital staff, after the dog that found her, then given a new name and put into foster care. |
| The woman in her 20s, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will be sentenced on 3 July. | The woman in her 20s, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will be sentenced on 3 July. |
| 'Wild animals' | |
| At Birmingham Crown Court she admitted wilfully abandoning the baby "in a manner likely to cause unnecessary suffering or injury to health". | At Birmingham Crown Court she admitted wilfully abandoning the baby "in a manner likely to cause unnecessary suffering or injury to health". |
| Speaking after the case, Det Insp Richard Cox, who led the investigation, said: "Jade was a helpless newborn child, abandoned by her mother on a cold winter day in a park, in a place where she was not visible to passers-by and where she could easily have been attacked by wild animals. | |
| "It was only a huge stroke of luck that a local dog-walker stopped to investigate after his dog became interested in a carrier bag hidden in undergrowth." | |
| Judge Murray Creed ordered psychiatric and probation reports to be prepared on the woman, who was granted conditional bail until the sentencing hearing. | Judge Murray Creed ordered psychiatric and probation reports to be prepared on the woman, who was granted conditional bail until the sentencing hearing. |