Mother who abandoned baby in park had severe depression, rules judge

Woman avoids custodial sentence but Birmingham court told dog finding newborn outdoors in carrier bag was 'stroke of luck'

A mother who abandoned her newborn daughter behind shrubs in a public park while suffering from post-natal depression wept as she avoided prison.

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was on Thursday handed a six-month custodial sentence, suspended for two years, at Birmingham crown court.

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