NT:Abandoned baby returned to parents

AAP General News (Australia)
04-27-2011
NT:Abandoned baby returned to parents

DARWIN, April 27 AAP - Northern Territory police have yet to determine whether charges
will be laid against the parents of a baby found abandoned in a laneway.

In a statement released on Wednesday, police confirmed a three-month-old boy was found
in bushes in a laneway in Tennant Creek, about 500km north of Alice Springs, just before
midnight on Monday.

Acting Senior Sergeant Shane Shewring said the baby had since been returned to his
parents, but that police investigations were ongoing to determine whether charges will
be laid.

A police spokeswoman said a member of the public found the baby in the alley that connects
Patterson Street and Thompson Street.

"The child was taken to Tennant Creek Hospital for a medical assessment while police
tried to locate the baby's parents," she said.

She added that at about 3am (CST) on Tuesday the baby's 22-year-old mother and 29-year-old
father visited the hospital looking for the child.

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