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Maggy

13-04-2010 22:27

Babysitter in Glasgow abandoned disabled girl outside

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A babysitter has admitted abandoning a disabled six-year-old outside overnight in temperatures just above freezing, wearing only socks and a dressing gown.
Glasgow Sheriff Court heard the girl, who is deaf and blind, suffered hypothermia and almost died.
Kate Harper, 26, strapped the youngster into her pram and went to sleep in a nearby house after a fireworks party in Kingspark, Glasgow, last November.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...st/8618305.stm

I can't imagine what the parents felt about this..:erm:

martyh

13-04-2010 22:34

Re: Babysitter in Glasgow abandoned disabled girl outside

where were the parents in all of this ,didn't they notice the babysitter hadn't brought their daughter home ?

Osem	13-04-2010 22:38

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On the face of it, how could anyone (parents and/or babysitter) be so irresponsible!!!

nomadking

13-04-2010 22:44

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At least the parents had a babysitter while they were out(possibly at a Tapas restaurant?:erm:).

Hugh	13-04-2010 23:13

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Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 35000797)

At least the parents had a babysitter while they were out(possibly at a Tapas restaurant?:erm:).

:rolleyes: Yes, let's make a cheap joke/point at the expense of

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the pram [which] had tipped over and [noticed that] the child was in it with her face pressed against the stone stairs outside the house. "She was shivering and her lips were blue".

nomadking

13-04-2010 23:20

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I wasn't me that was criticizing the parents in this case.

Hugh	13-04-2010 23:21

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Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 35000821)

I wasn't me that was criticizing the parents in this case.

Just another case, not relevant to this poor child's misfortune...

Earl of Bronze

14-04-2010 01:41

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Seriously, if there was ever a motivation to bring back forced sterilization, it's morons like this.... :rolleyes:

Flyboy

14-04-2010 15:22

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It wasn't the baby-sitter's own child.

Dude111

14-04-2010 15:36

Very sad........

Seems more and more ppl are doing such aweful things lately!

ZrByte

14-04-2010 15:38

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Originally Posted by Flyboy (Post 35001149)

It wasn't the baby-sitter's own child.

Which is why the sterilisation comment was thrown about, would she be any better with her own?

Spectato

14-04-2010 17:01

Re: Babysitter in Glasgow abandoned disabled girl outside

Glasgow in November?
It's a miracle that the kid didn't die.

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Sheriff Kenneth Mitchell deferred sentence for background reports.

Who cares about Ms. Parker's background or whether it's a 'first offence' or whatever.
Couple of years in the chokey for that cow! :mad:

martyh

14-04-2010 20:32

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i would still like to know why the parents didn't question why their child wasn't brought home ,or are they as bad as the dozey moron they had caring for her ?

Flyboy

14-04-2010 21:47

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I don't think that they knew she had taken her out.

martyh

14-04-2010 21:51

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Originally Posted by Flyboy (Post 35001383)

I don't think that they knew she had taken her out.

so does that make her a child abducter or a babysitter ?

i haven't been able to find any comment from the parents mayby they are keeping a low profile (assuming there are two parents of course)

grandmaster

14-04-2010 21:56

Re: Babysitter in Glasgow abandoned disabled girl outside

Poor child :(

Maggy

14-04-2010 22:13

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Originally Posted by martyh (Post 35001388)

so does that make her a child abducter or a babysitter ?

i haven't been able to find any comment from the parents mayby they are keeping a low profile (assuming there are two parents of course)

It all happened last November but I can't find if there was an initial news report about it at the time.It does seem that background info is very sparse about this case.

Flyboy

14-04-2010 22:51

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Originally Posted by martyh (Post 35001388)

so does that make her a child abducter or a babysitter ?

i haven't been able to find any comment from the parents mayby they are keeping a low profile (assuming there are two parents of course)

From what I understand from the report, she was to supposed to caring for the child through the night, whilst the parents were presumably away.

Maggy

14-04-2010 22:54

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Originally Posted by Flyboy (Post 35001425)

From what I understand from the report, she was to supposed to caring for the child through the night, whilst the parents were presumably away.

Well I was able to infer that much but I was wondering what made them choose this particular person.

Flyboy

14-04-2010 23:40

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She was a neighbour, it seems, so she may have cared for the child before.

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