Manchester mother jailed for neglecting baby boy

A 13 months old baby Alex was neglected by his own mother in Manchester. The baby burned almost to death tied up in his own pushchair. Tracey Sutherland, mother of Alex, was sentenced to 27 months in prison. Tracey told the Manchester Crown Court that she was alone with him. Hospital discovered some injuries on Alex’s body. The mother had called the police in the morning of 10 November to explain to them that her baby died, but that was not the case, the baby was injured but was still alive. The reason of doing was that the mother had some depression problems and drunk to much alcohol. Unfortunately, the baby died on the way to the hospital that day.

I was completely in shock when I read this piece of information on the internet. The baby died in a very miserable way. I could not understand that some mothers like Tracey can do this to their own child. The mother had some ‘personal’ problems, but the baby should not be the victim of this. Nowadays, adults are not very responsible and do not have the capacity to raise a child. I find this subject like a nightmare and I think that a lot of mothers think the same as I do.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/8633871.stm