Qld: Mum parties while 3yo son home alone: court

AAP General News (Australia)
12-11-2009
Qld: Mum parties while 3yo son home alone: court

By Christine Flatley

BRISBANE, Dec 11 AAP - A woman drank and partied with friends while her three-year-old
son was left at home alone, a court has been told.

The 23-year-old woman left her son in their rented Newstead apartment on January 31
and went to a nightclub in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley, the Brisbane District Court was
told on Friday.

The court was told she had been facing eviction and went to the club in an attempt
to get some money from her former partner.

However, when she discovered she would have to wait for the money, she decided to take
advantage of the time by drinking and partying with friends, the court was told.

Prosecutor Dzenita Balic said the child had been at home alone for almost six hours
when he was found wandering the streets.

He was taken to a nearby police station, where he was later reunited with his mother.

The woman pleaded guilty on Friday to one count of leaving a child under 12 unattended.

She was sentenced to 18 months' probation.

No conviction was recorded.

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KEYWORD: NIGHTCLUB

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