Mother awaits fate in baby dumping case

FRANCISTOWN: A 36-year-old mother who is suspected of dumping her newly born baby in a pit latrine recently, will soon know whether Matsiloje police and Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital (NRH) will return the infant to her.

Police believe the woman dumped her newborn daughter into a pit latrine from where the infant was later rescued.

Matsiloje Police Station Commander, Superintendent Obert Manji, said both the police and the NRH are investigating with a view to pursuing charges, but alternatively assessing whether the child will be at risk if returned. In the meantime, police have placed the mother under 24-hour guard “so that she does not harm her daughter”.

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