Mom Who Dumped Newborn in Plane Bathroom Avoids Jail

Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2009-04-09 20:57

Story here. Excerpt:

'A Samoan woman who secretly gave birth on an international flight and then dumped the baby in an on-flight toilet has been convicted of child abandonment.

Karolaine Maika, a 29-year-old fruit picker, had the child in the bathroom without anyone realizing.
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Judge Heather Simpson decided not to jail Maika but ordered her to be deported to Samoa.
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Judge Simpson said she took into account that Maika was unaware she was in labor before she boarded the flight.'

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