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Yorkshire Teen Finds Abandoned Baby Girl (29 September 2011)

Date: 29/09/2011
Duncan Lewis, Legal News Solicitors, Yorkshire Teen Finds Abandoned Baby Girl

A Yorkshire teenager found an abandoned baby girl in a deserted street while returning home from a night out. 18-year-old Joel Redhead found the baby girl in Hull. Mr. Redhead described finding the baby as “a bit of a shock” and claimed that the discovery was “a weird end to the night”, stating that it was the last thing he expected to find on the way home. He recalled that the pram had been left on the side of the road and he thought he would find a doll inside. When he looked inside, he saw a baby’s head. The baby was covered by a black blanket. Humberside Police located the whereabouts of the baby's parents but admitted that they had no idea of precisely how long the little girl had been left outside. The child, who was taken to Hull Royal Infirmary, was confirmed to have suffered no ill effects.

Father Dominique Minskip, the parish priest of the local Sacred Heart Church, said that police officers had made enquiries at the church. Mary Glew, a councillor in the area in which the baby was found, told of her shock at what had happened. Miss Glew described the community as “tight-knit” and its people “very caring”. A 33-year-old man has been charged with child cruelty. The man failed to enter a plea and has been bailed pending a further hearing.

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