A Newlands mother who dumped her newborn baby in a stormwater drain in February last year pleaded guilty to attempted murder in the Ntuzuma Magistrate's Court. PostKZN
"My first two children, currently 16 and 10, were born out of wedlock to different fathers.""In May 2018 I fell pregnant for the third time to a man I was dating at the time. In July 2018, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy.
"During which time I experienced early onset of labour and lay on the backseat of the car to ease my discomfort. "Still trying to conceal my pregnancy, unable to get to hospital and without financial support for admission to hospital, I went into my home at around 11pm by which time family members were asleep.
"I then walked in the dark, proceeded towards a school which I knew would open in a few hours and someone would find my child."
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