"A Newborn Baby Left in a Cardboard Box"... 20s Mother Who Abandoned Newborn Right After Birth Receives Suspended Sentence

A woman in her 20s who was charged with abandoning her newborn baby in a cardboard box on the street received a suspended sentence. The photo is unrelated to the article content. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Seohyun] A 20-year-old single mother who abandoned her baby in a cardboard box just 10 hours after giving birth was sentenced to a suspended prison term.

On the 22nd, Judge Kim Jinwon of the Incheon District Court Criminal Division 9 announced that A (24, female), who was charged with infant abandonment, was sentenced to 8 months in prison with a 2-year suspension. She was also ordered to undergo probation and attend 40 hours of child abuse recidivism prevention lectures.

A was charged with abandoning her son B (1), who was less than 10 hours old, in a cardboard box on a street in Michuhol-gu, Incheon, around 8:40 p.m. on September 27 last year.

On the day of the crime, A gave birth to B between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. at her home in Michuhol-gu, and, judging that she could not raise the child alone due to financial difficulties, committed the act.

B was rescued by the 119 emergency medical team dispatched after a passerby reported, "A newborn baby appears to be crying inside a box."

The court ruled, "Considering the nature of the crime, the guilt is serious, but the defendant confessed to the crime and has deeply reflected on her wrongdoing during the 50-day detention period, and no significant harm occurred to the life or body of the victim child."

It added, "Taking into account that the crime was committed anticipating the inability to raise the child due to economic hardship, and that there is no prior criminal record, the sentence was determined."

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