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Posted: 26 July 2006 at 2:20pm | IP Logged

I've just read this story in our local paper and was absolutley shocked by it. I wouldn't even leave a dog in a car this long, in this heat

A BOY was left in a sweltering car for more than four hours outside a court after his mother was jailed for not sending him to school.

The mother, had left the 11-year-old while she appeared before magistrates in Salford charged with failing to make sure he attended the primary school in Little Hulton, Salford. 

She was jailed for two months after the hearing was told that the boy had been to school just once since Easter.While the mother was being led down to the cells, her son was left waiting for her in the car. He was eventually spotted by a probation officer who noticed he was upset.

He took the boy inside the court and gave him a drink before contacting a social worker. Police are now investigating what happened.

It is understood that when she attended court for the hearing, The 'so called' mother, assumed she would not be jailed and so left her son outside. The boy is now with his grandparents.

Posted: 26 July 2006 at 2:25pm | IP Logged

For goodness sake!!

Surely there must have been facilities in the court that he could have gone to while waiting!! What would have happened if noone had noticed him??

All I can say is the reason she was at the court in the first place says it all really!!!!

Grr some people just shouldn't be allowed to have children

Posted: 26 July 2006 at 2:34pm | IP Logged

This absolutely disguists me!!  The 'mother' could have mentioned her son was in the car at some point!! I would never leave my LO in the car!  Even at 11!  You never know what might happen!!

Hopefully the grandparents do a better job!

Posted: 26 July 2006 at 4:03pm | IP Logged

How can anyone do this to a child.......and how can ppl pass this child in a car for so long?

It is so worrying isn't.

My heart goes out to this boy  so much.

Posted: 26 July 2006 at 6:51pm | IP Logged

Thats terrible

Im a bit confused about why he sat in the car for 4 hours tho, at 11 years old surley he should hav the sense to go into the court & ask for his mum

Posted: 26 July 2006 at 7:48pm | IP Logged

I wondered that Lilp!  Surely he must have known how to get out of the car...maybe he was scared of what she might do - you never know with some people..

bloody stupid woman grrrrrrr

Posted: 27 July 2006 at 7:50am | IP Logged

Some people aren't fit to be parents!