A pregnant British mother of six who admitted to shamelessly abandoning her children to take a six week Australian vacation with a man she met online has been given a suspended jail sentence.
The unidentified single mom told her oldest 16-year-old son she was merely stepping out to do some shopping before hopping on an international flight out of Heathrow Airport on Jan. 1, the BBC reported.
The teen, left to care for her five other children — the youngest of which was age 3 — eventually called his grandparents who contacted police when she didn't come home several hours later.
The stubborn mother, reached while Down Under by police and her parents, reportedly refused to come back home until her vacation, paid for by her online beau, was finished.
The children were placed in emergency foster care before being turned over to their grandparents.When the mom returned six weeks later on Feb. 20 she was greeted by police and charged with wilful abandonment.
She was sentenced Thursday to a six-month suspended jail term after entering a prior guilty plea.
During her sentencing her attorney argued that she was a good mother but one who had been harmed by a prior abusive relationship.
Her defender also produced cards made by her children for her declaring how much they miss her.
The unidentified single mom told her oldest 16-year-old son she was merely stepping out to do some shopping before hopping on an international flight out of Heathrow Airport on Jan. 1, the BBC reported.
The teen, left to care for her five other children — the youngest of which was age 3 — eventually called his grandparents who contacted police when she didn't come home several hours later.
The stubborn mother, reached while Down Under by police and her parents, reportedly refused to come back home until her vacation, paid for by her online beau, was finished.
The children were placed in emergency foster care before being turned over to their grandparents.When the mom returned six weeks later on Feb. 20 she was greeted by police and charged with wilful abandonment.
She was sentenced Thursday to a six-month suspended jail term after entering a prior guilty plea.
During her sentencing her attorney argued that she was a good mother but one who had been harmed by a prior abusive relationship.
Her defender also produced cards made by her children for her declaring how much they miss her.
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