Mum whose baby was injured after she went on a pub crawl then invited two strangers back for a party admits neglect
A MUM whose baby was injured after she went on a drunken pub crawl and then invited two strangers back for a party has admitted neglect.
The 12-month-old girl suffered a cut to her eyelid from some broken glass after her mum and the men boozed until she was “out of it”.
The mum, 32, popped to the pub for a meal after going to a baby group, a court heard.
She met two men who asked her to join them visiting some pubs.
They ended up back at her flat where the baby girl was left alone with one of the men while the mum went out.
A neighbour alerted police when she saw the youngster had blood on her face.
Officers found empty spirit bottles in the flat in Exeter, Devon, and said the adults were drunk and not in a fit state to care for a baby.
The neighbour said her sozzled neighbour was “out of it” after she had downed glasses of wine and vodka.
The mum, who cannot be named for legal reasons, admitted assault, ill treating, neglect, and abandoning a young child to cause unnecessary suffering or injury in the incident before lockdown in January this year.
Prosecutor Lyndsey Baker said the baby needed hospital treatment for the cut eyelid and a care protection plan was now in place for the child.
The court heard the mum was the sole carer at the time who had taken the “stupid risk” of drinking alcohol and inviting two strangers back to her home.
She landed a 12-month community order, a 15-day rehabilitation activity requirement and must pay a £100 fine and £175 in costs.