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Mother jailed for 12 weeks for killing her daughter

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TinyPawz · 11/12/2009 20:04

linky

I don't think the court was harsh enough.... Hardly seems right that she will be free in 6weeks

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edam · 13/12/2009 13:28

Terribly sad story. Really can't see the point of jailing her - she didn't set out to kill her baby. Yes, taking drugs and drinking heavily were not very good things to do, but she didn't intend to kill the child and it is not at all clear what caused the death.

Poor woman.

MsHighwater · 13/12/2009 13:42

It's easy to say what the babysitter should have done when we know what the end result was. The babysitter didn't have the advantage of that knowledge when she had to make her decision.

GhoulsAreLoud · 13/12/2009 13:50

No, of course not. But it doesn't change me wishing the babysitter hadn't handed her over, does it?

Which is all I said.

MsHighwater · 13/12/2009 14:19

"I wouldn't have handed over a small baby to someone in that state" is what you actually said, Ghouls. We can all wish the babysitter hadn't handed the baby over and maybe most of us wouldn't but we don't really know. I bet no-one wishes that she hadn't done it more than the babysitter herself. What good does it do anyone to say it, though?

GhoulsAreLoud · 13/12/2009 14:22

Yes, I said that when I was asked what she should have done.

I wouldn't have handed the child over. The news story said the babysitter had no petrol and would have had to leave her children unattended to return her and yet the mother still demanded it. That to me says that the mother's judgement was clearly off and she shouldn't have been given the children back.

And this is a discussion forum, I can say it if I'm thinking it you know.

MsHighwater · 13/12/2009 14:30

You can say what you like, Ghouls, and I, equally, am free to think - and say - what I want about you for saying it.

GhoulsAreLoud · 13/12/2009 14:31

Indeed you are.

I think it's a tragic affair and that more people than just the mother had it in their power to stop this from happening.

I don't see why you find that so controversial.

GhoulsAreLoud · 13/12/2009 14:32

And maybe you think there's no point in saying it. But just maybe another babysitter in the same situation might act differently if this happens again as a result of this story.

MsHighwater · 13/12/2009 14:36

I doubt that a babysitter in a similar situation will be more convinced by a stranger's comments on this situation than they would be by the story alone.

GhoulsAreLoud · 13/12/2009 14:37

I just said that the story might change their mind.

TheShriekingHarpy · 14/12/2009 13:12

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LynetteScavo · 14/12/2009 13:19

I totally agree with Greeny;

Greensleeves Fri 11-Dec-09 20:09:22
"she won't really be "free" though will she - her baby is dead and she knows it's her fault

that's 'punishment' enough IMO

I don't think this is what prisons are for, there are more constructive things that can be done about someone like this"

So, so true.

littleducks · 14/12/2009 13:31

I think that the sentence is fair, she was charged, admitted to and was proven to have neglected her child. Her sentence reflects that.

She may have smothered her child she may have been a SIDS death (i do wonder if there was a believed higher risk in this case as the baby had a breathing alarm?)

The mother is always going to feel reponsible for the death. She did not murder her child but will prob feel like she did.

I also think the police officers statement would have been far more useful if it went, 'this case highlights the danger of illegal drugs and binge drinking especially when falling asleep in bed with a child' She wasnt fit to care for the child awake/asleep

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