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Woman admits abandoning baby in Birmingham park Mother admits abandoning baby in Birmingham park
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A woman has pleaded guilty to abandoning a newborn baby girl in a park. A woman has pleaded guilty to abandoning her newborn baby girl in a park.
The 10-week-old was found in a bag wrapped in a towel in the Stechford area of Birmingham in October. The 10-week-old infant was found in a bag wrapped in a towel in the Stechford area of Birmingham in October.
She was named Jade by hospital staff, after the dog that found her, and placed into foster care. She was named Jade by hospital staff, after the dog that found her, then given a new name and put into foster care.
The woman in her 20s, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will be sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on 3 July. The woman in her 20s, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will be sentenced on 3 July.
At Birmingham Crown Court she admitted wilfully abandoning the baby "in a manner likely to cause unnecessary suffering or injury to health".
Judge Murray Creed ordered psychiatric and probation reports to be prepared on the woman, who was granted conditional bail until the sentencing hearing.