Wednesday 29 May 2013

More on Chinese drainpipe baby

Mother of the Chinese baby flushed down the toilet says she was abandoned by the boy's father after their one night stand and could not afford an abortion

  • Mother admits she feared the stigma of being a single mother
  • She insists the baby was accidentally flushed down the toilet
  • The boy has been called 'number 59' after the number of his incubator
The 22-year-old woman - who has not been named – also said she could not afford an abortion or cope with the stigma of being a single mum.
Chinese media said she went to the shared bathroom in a residential complex when she felt abdominal cramps last Saturday and gave birth.
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Baby 59¿s condition was said to be stable and he should recover, but his discovery - head first in a toilet waste pipe - has succeeded in outraging a country in which brutal acts against youngsters are a common occurrence
Baby 59¿s condition was said to be stable and he should recover, but his discovery - head first in a toilet waste pipe - has succeeded in outraging a country in which brutal acts against youngsters are a common occurrence
Being nursed back to health: The abandoned baby boy is pictured being fed in hospital after firefighters rescued him from a sewage pipe after he was apparently flushed down a toilet in Pujiang, Zhejiang Province, China
Being nursed back to health: The abandoned baby boy is pictured being fed in hospital after firefighters rescued him from a sewage pipe after he was apparently flushed down a toilet in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province
Reunited: The baby boy's mother - believed to be a 22-year-old single woman - has been found and is said to be with her baby in hospital
Reunited: The baby boy's mother - believed to be a 22-year-old single woman - has been found and is said to be with her baby in hospital  
The 22-year-old woman is believed to have raised the initial alarm but only confessed to police after they searched her rented room
The 22-year-old woman is believed to have raised the initial alarm but only confessed to police after they searched her rented room
But she said the baby slipped into the sewer pipe and she was unable to free him.
She also claimed she was the first to raise the initial alarm and the watched the entire two-hour rescue in secret.
'The girl told the landlord she had heard a ‘kitten-like’ sound in the fourth-floor squat toilet. The landlord later called the police and fire fighters for help,’ one of the investigating police officers in the eastern city of Jinhua told the Daily Mail.
Police are still investigating if her version of the harrowing events were true or if the infant boy was dumped intentionally into the 10cm/four inch sewer pipe.
The woman, a restaurant worker, reportedly confessed to being the mother after officers found blood-stained tissues and toys in her room and asked her to undergo a medical check.
Injured: A nurse said the baby boy - who weighs 6.2 pounds - suffered a fracture to his skull but is now in a stable condition
Injured: A nurse said the baby boy - who weighs 6.2 pounds - suffered a fracture to his skull but is now in a stable condition
Staff at the Pujiang County People's Hospital in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, said well-wishers have visited the hospital with diapers, baby clothes and powered milk for the child
Staff at the Pujiang County People's Hospital in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, said well-wishers have visited the hospital with diapers, baby clothes and powered milk for the child
Staff at the Pujiang County People's Hospital in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, said well-wishers have visited the hospital with diapers, baby clothes and powered milk for the child 
Recovering: The baby boy has been nicknamed number 59 after the number of his incubator
Recovering: The baby boy has been nicknamed number 59 after the number of his incubator  
‘The woman said she felt too embarrassed to call the police herself as a single mother and feeling under societal pressure. Girls like her can are easy targets for public criticism,’ the police officer added.
The woman said she had sex with a man and didn’t realize she was pregnant until early January.
She was too scared to tell her parents so hid her pregnancy by wearing loose clothes and wrapping cloth tightly around her abdomen.
The man she claims is the father has denied it is his baby, according to media reports.
Video of the two-hour rescue of ‘Baby No 59’ – so named because of his incubator number in the hospital – have been shown worldwide, prompting both horror and an outpouring of charity on behalf of the newborn.
Harrowing: Firefighters work to free the unwanted baby from the pipe in Pujiang, Zhejiang Province, China
Harrowing: Firefighters work to free the unwanted baby from the pipe in Pujiang, Zhejiang Province, China
The newborn baby was rescued by firefighters after being flushed down a toilet
Fight for survival: The newborn baby was rescued by firefighters after being flushed down a toilet
At a public toilet on the fourth floor firefighters were able to hear faint cries and, exploring further, spotted a baby's foot deep inside the pipe
At a public toilet on the fourth floor firefighters were able to hear faint cries and, exploring further, spotted the baby's foot deep inside the pipe
The mother is now receiving care at the same hospital as her son.
'The mother is sick with a high fever. Her parents are now with her at the hospital. Who will care for the baby has yet to be decided,' said the police officer.
Fire fighters were called to the residential building to rescue the baby, which was trapped in the L-joint of a sewage pipe attached to a squat toilet.
Officials were shown removing the pipe from a ceiling using pliers and saws to gently pull the pipe apart.
Fearing they may harm the boy, they took him to hospital still trapped in the pipe, and doctors then carefully cut him free.
The baby, who weighed 2.8 kilograms (6 pounds, 2.8 ounces), had a low heart rate and some minor abrasions on his head and limbs, but was mostly unhurt, according to local reports. The placenta was still attached.
Unbelievably, the baby survived the ordeal, which saw him having to be cut out of a pipe
Unbelievably, the baby survived the ordeal, which saw him having to be cut out of a pipe
Firefighters received a call from a landlady of a block of flats saying that she thought a baby was trapped in a toilet pipe in the building as she had heard it crying
Firefighters received a call from a landlady of a block of flats saying that she thought a baby was trapped in a toilet pipe in the building as she had heard it crying
Hundreds of thousands of Chinese people took to Weibo – their version of Twitter –  to vent their fury at the mother. 
News of the rescue also prompted an outpouring of help from locals who came to the hospital armed with nappies, baby clothes, powdered milk and even offers to adopt the child.
Nurse Zhang Songhe told the Daily Mail that the mother of the baby was with him in hospital. ‘I don’t know the reason she abandoned the baby.
‘We’re going to take care of the baby. We are not sure when the baby can be discharged.’
She added: 'When the baby arrived here, he was in critical condition. 
'We suspect he has a fracture in the top right section of his skull. But now everything has been stabilized.'
The firefighters worked quickly to dismantle the pipe and rescue the trapped youngster, who was heard wailing
The firefighters worked quickly to dismantle the pipe and rescue the trapped youngster, who was heard wailing
Firefighters gently carried away the section of pipe that contained the terrified baby
Firefighters gently carried away the section of pipe that contained the terrified baby
Residents living in a residential building in Jinhua in the wealthy coastal province of Zhejiang reported the sound of a baby crying in the public restroom on Saturday.
The landlord of the building in Pujiang county told Zhejiang News that it was unlikely the birth took place in the restroom because there was no evidence of blood and she was not aware of any recent pregnancies among her tenants.
The baby was stuck in an L-shaped portion of the sewage pipe with a diameter of about 10 centimeters (3 inches). 
There are many reports in Chinese media of babies being abandoned, often shortly after birth, making this incident distressing but a common occurence
There are many reports in Chinese media of babies being abandoned, often shortly after birth, making this incident a distressing but common occurrence
Doctors carefully cut around the sewage pipe to rescue the baby boy inside
Doctors carefully cut around the sewage pipe to rescue the baby boy inside
The video shows rescuers sawing off a section of the pipe along a ceiling that apparently was just below the restroom.
His eyes, face and body were covered in the filth of the pipe.
There are frequent reports in Chinese media of babies being abandoned often shortly after birth, a problem attributed variously to young mothers unaware they were pregnant, the birth of an unwanted girl in a society which puts greater value on boys or China’s strict family planning rules.
The case has been widely discussed on China’s Twitter-like service Sina Weibo due to the graphic nature of the footage, with calls for the parents to be severely punished.
Firefighters and doctors rescue an abandoned newborn baby boy by cutting away a sewage pipe piece by piece, in this still image taken from video, in Jinhua city, Zhejiang province May 25, 2013
Firefighters and doctors rescue an abandoned newborn baby boy by cutting away a sewage pipe piece by piece, in this still image taken from video, in Jinhua city, Zhejiang province May 25, 2013
People have angrily reacted to the news, demanding the parents be punished and denouncing their cruel act
People have angrily reacted to the news, demanding the parents be punished and denouncing their cruel act
The child is in a stable condition and the police are looking for his parents, Chinese state television reported
The child is in a stable condition and the police are looking for his parents, Chinese state television reported
The abandoned child has been named Baby No 59 from the number of his incubator, according to reports
The abandoned child has been named Baby No 59 from the number of his incubator, according to reports
Nurses treat the baby, who was believed to be only a few days old when he was flushed away
Nurses treat the baby, who was believed to be only a few days old when he was flushed away


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2332633/Mother-Chinese-baby-flushed-toilet-says-abandoned-boys-father-night-stand-afford-abortion.html#ixzz2Uh9G4igJ
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Tuesday 28 May 2013

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INFANTICIDE (attempted): China: Newborn baby is rescued ALIVE from toilet pipe after being flushed away by parents


  • Baby boy, believed to be a newborn, discovered beneath a toilet commode
  • Firefighters removed section of pipe and doctors cut the infant free
  • Emergency services called after woman heard cries coming from pipe
  • Baby called 'number 59' after the number of his incubator, reports said
The infant was stuck in a pipe directly beneath a toilet commode, state television reported, in a case which has sparked anger on social media sites.
There are frequent reports in Chinese media of babies being abandoned, often shortly after birth. 
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Harrowing: Firefighters work to free the unwanted baby from the pipe in Pujiang, Zhejiang Province, China
Harrowing: Firefighters work to free the unwanted baby from the pipe in Pujiang, Zhejiang Province, China
The newborn baby was rescued by firefighters after being flushed down a toilet
Fight for survival: The newborn baby was rescued by firefighters after being flushed down a toilet
At a public toilet on the fourth floor firefighters were able to hear faint cries and, exploring further, spotted a baby's foot deep inside the pipe
At a public toilet on the fourth floor firefighters were able to hear faint cries and, exploring further, spotted the baby's foot deep inside the pipe
Unbelievably, the baby survived the ordeal, which saw him having to be cut out of a pipe
Unbelievably, the baby survived the ordeal, which saw him having to be cut out of a pipe
Firefighters received a call from a landlady of a block of flats saying that she thought a baby was trapped in a toilet pipe in the building as she had heard it crying
Firefighters received a call from a landlady of a block of flats saying that she thought a baby was trapped in a toilet pipe in the building as she had heard it crying
The problem is attributed variously to young mothers unaware they were pregnant, the birth of an unwanted girl in a society which puts greater value on boys or China's strict family planning rules.
 
In the latest case the infant was found in the sewage pipe in a residential building in Jinhua in the wealthy coastal province of Zhejiang on Saturday afternoon.
The harrowing discovery came after residents reported the sound of a baby crying, state television said late on Monday.
The pipe was just four inches wide in diameter the China Daily newspaper said.
Firefighters had to remove the pipe and take it to a nearby hospital, where doctors carefully cut around it to rescue the baby boy inside, the report said.
The firefighters worked quickly to dismantle the pipe and rescue the trapped youngster, who was heard wailing
The firefighters worked quickly to dismantle the pipe and rescue the trapped youngster, who was heard wailing
Firefighters gently carried away the section of pipe that contained the terrified baby
Firefighters gently carried away the section of pipe that contained the terrified baby
There are many reports in Chinese media of babies being abandoned, often shortly after birth, making this incident distressing but a common occurence
There are many reports in Chinese media of babies being abandoned, often shortly after birth, making this incident a distressing but common occurrence
Doctors carefully cut around the sewage pipe to rescue the baby boy inside
Doctors carefully cut around the sewage pipe to rescue the baby boy inside
His arms had been pinned to his side, and when the confines of the pipe had been delicately prised away, he let out a long wail - much to the relief of doctors who were battling against the clock to rescue him.
His eyes, face and body were covered in the filth of the pipe.
The child is in a stable condition and the police are looking for his parents, state television added.
The Associated Press said the child had been named Baby No 59 from the number of his incubator, the Guardian reported.
A number of visitors have donated nappies, baby clothes and powdered milk to the hospital to help the little boy, the news agency added. 
The case has been widely discussed on China's Twitter-like service Sina Weibo due to the graphic nature of the footage, with calls for the parents to be severely punished.
'The parents who did this have hearts even filthier than that sewage pipe,' wrote one user.
The child is in a stable condition and the police are looking for his parents, Chinese state television reported
The child is in a stable condition and the police are looking for his parents, Chinese state television reported
Firefighters and doctors rescue an abandoned newborn baby boy by cutting away a sewage pipe piece by piece, in this still image taken from video, in Jinhua city, Zhejiang province May 25, 2013
Firefighters and doctors rescue an abandoned newborn baby boy by cutting away a sewage pipe piece by piece, in this still image taken from video, in Jinhua city, Zhejiang province May 25, 2013
People have angrily reacted to the news, demanding the parents be punished and denouncing their cruel act
People have angrily reacted to the news, demanding the parents be punished and denouncing their cruel act
The abandoned child has been named Baby No 59 from the number of his incubator, according to reports
The abandoned child has been named Baby No 59 from the number of his incubator, according to reports
Nurses treat the baby, who was believed to be only a few days old when he was flushed away
Nurses treat the baby, who was believed to be only a few days old when he was flushed away


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2331941/Chinese-baby-rescued-ALIVE-toilet-pipe-flushed-away-parents.html#ixzz2UaVF5a2r

Monday 27 May 2013

INFANTICIDE: Toronto: Angelica Spanidis charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing baby

A 25-year-old woman has been charged by Toronto police for allegedly killing her baby after giving birth.
A 25-year-old woman has been charged by Toronto police for allegedly killing her baby.
Police were called by staff at a hospital over concerns about a woman who had given birth but did not bring the baby to the hospital.
Police could not confirm when or where the woman gave birth and they have not found the baby.
Police are alleging that the woman killed the baby after giving birth.
Angelica Spanidis appeared in court Monday morning on a charge of first-degree murder.

FILICIDE (that wasn't!): Arizona: Debra Mike declared innocent after 22 years on Death Row

Mother who spent 22 YEARS on death row for brutally killing son, four, to go free in days after judge finds she was set up by a crooked cop

  • 'Death Row Debbie's' conviction due in part because of detective lying under oath
  • Judge decided to believe police officer over mom of four-year-old son
  • Milke would have been the first woman executed in Arizona since the 1930s 
  • Prosecutors failed to disclose lead detective, who claimed he obtained a confession, had past misconduct issues
Debra Jean Milke's guilty verdict was overturned earlier this year - but now prosecutors have failed to file an expected appeal meaning she will be released in just weeks.
Known as Death Row Debbie, 48-year-old Debra Jean Milke's was found guilty in 1989 for the gruesome slaying of her toddler son Christopher who was shot three times in the back of the head and dumped in the desert.
Debra Jean Milke has been on Arizona's death row for nearly 20 years for plotting her 4-year-old son's murder
Christopher, 4, was reported missing on December 2, 1989
Ready for release: Debra Jean Milke, left, had her murder conviction overturned after spending more than 20 years on death row for the killing of her 4-year-old son, Christopher, right, in December 1989
Spared: Milke would have been the first woman executed in Arizona since the 1930s had her appeals run out
Spared: Milke would have been the first woman executed in Arizona since the 1930s had her appeals run out
But a US Circuit Court of Appeals judge has agreed with her lawyers that ruled that the conviction had been due in part because of a crooked cop who had a history of lying under oath.
Milke's conviction was overturned on March 14th allowing prosecutors to launch an appeal to hold a retrial within 30 days. No application for a retrial has been filed which means she could soon be a free woman.
The move marked a surprising turn in a case that made national headlines due to the brazen and disturbing nature of the crime.
Prosecutors said in December 1989, Milke dressed up her son Christopher in his favorite outfit and told him he was going to see Santa Claus at a Phoenix mall during the holidays.
Instead, he was taken into a ravine in the desert by her boyfriend, Roger Scott and another man called Styers and shot three times in the back of the head as part of what prosecutors said was a plot by Milke and the two other defendants to collect a $50,000 life insurance policy.
Milke, who was not present at the crime, was convicted in 1990 of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, child abuse and kidnapping on the strength of testimony by Phoenix Police Detective Armando Saldate, who said she confessed to the crimes.
The detective testified that Milke told him she had contemplated having an abortion while pregnant with Christopher and had complained to Styers about her son.
Styers was hardly an ideal babysitter. He had Post Traumatic Stress Disorder stemming in large part from an incident during the war when he shot and killed a young Vietnamese boy who had climbed onto a truck transporting Styers and other Marines in Vietnam, according to court documents.
 
In his 1985 personal journal, now part of court records, Styers wrote: 'Losing sleep because of dreams in Viet-Nam [sic] Seeing kids including my own and wondering if I'm going to do something to hurt them, and remembering the ones I had to kill.' 
With Christopher in the car, Styers picked up his good friend Roger Scott. 
The two men did not take Christopher to see Santa. Instead, they drove Christopher into the desert, where Styers emptied three bullets into the boy's head.
Milke was convicted in 1990 of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, child abuse and kidnapping in a plot to collect a $50,000 life insurance policy
Milke was convicted in 1990 of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, child abuse and kidnapping in a plot to collect a $50,000 life insurance policy
The Phoenix police department's star interrogator, Det. Armando Saldate Jr., was called in on his day off to separately question the three. 
In a matter of hours, Saldate had secured a speedy resolution to the horrific high-profile holiday crime.The detective said she confessed to conspiring to the murder, although she protested her innocence and denied the claim.
The three suspects were tried separately, convicted, and sentenced to die. 
Milke would have been the first woman executed in Arizona since the 1930s had her appeals run out.
The Arizona Supreme Court had gone so far to issue a death warrant for Milke in 1997, but the execution was delayed because she had yet to exhaust federal appeals.
 

During her original trial, the prosecution failed to disclose information about a history of misconduct by Detective Saldate.

That record included multiple court rulings in four other cases that Saldate either lied under oath or violated suspects’ Miranda rights during interrogations.
Prosecutors are required to provide a defendant’s lawyers with material that might support a not-guilty verdict, including material that could undermine the credibility of a prosecution witness.
There was no other witness or recording of the purported confession by Milke, who has proclaimed her innocence.
In court proceedings and press interviews, Milke professed her innocence, claiming Saldate had a history of lying under oath and had fabricated her confession.
The trial amounted to ‘a swearing contest’ in which the judge and jury ultimately believed the detective over Milke, but they didn’t know of his record of dishonesty and misconduct.
The ruling reversed a US District Court judge’s ruling and ordered the lower court to require Arizona authorities to turn over all relevant personnel records for the detective.
Debra Milke
Christopher
Key witness: Milke, left, was found guilty on the strength of testimony by a Phoenix police detective, who said the mother told him she had contemplated having an abortion while pregnant with Christopher, right
In 2009, defense attorney Michael Kimerer said his client maintains her innocence and was a loving mother who still grieves her son’s death.
‘Our main concern is the fact that I have a client that never confessed and a police detective who said she gave a confession,’ Kimerer said then. ‘There was no tape recorder, no witnesses, nothing. Just his word.’
In March the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Milke's conviction in what Chief Judge Alex Kozinski dubbed a 'troubling case.'
He called into question what he said was Saldate's possible 'misogynistic' attitude towards vulnerable civilian women over whom he had  power and noted Saldate had a documented history of lying under oath.
Kozinski's blistering 60-page opinion and other court records shed light on the alleged police corruption, prosecutorial overreach and judicial carelessness that fused into a miscarriage of justice that might have sentenced an innocent woman to death.
Milke testified she didn't know Christopher had died until Saldate informed her of his death in an interrogation room. 
She said she was 'in shock' and 'reeling' but the detective moved close to her and put his hands on her knees. 
She told the jury she hadn't understood her Miranda rights and had asked for a lawyer, but instead Saldate continued interrogating her and twisted her words into a fake confession.
'She was one of the worst witnesses I've ever seen,; recalls Phoenix journalist Paul Rubin, who covered the trial.  
Although he destroyed his notes of the interview and failed to tape record it, Saldate testified that Milke confessed she worried that Christopher would grow up to be just like his father, a substance-abusing ex-con. 
That's why she 'wanted God to take care of Christopher,' Saldate testified.
After Milke was convicted, her defense investigators spent 7,000 hours poring over court records. 
They discovered eight separate cases in which judges determined that Saldate either had lied under oath or violated the constitutional rights of people he interrogated. 
But Hendrix, the judge, still decided that Saldate was more credible than Milke
Court records indicate that neither Styers nor Scott would testify against Milke.
In overturning Milke’s conviction, the appellate court didn’t find her innocent. 'Milke may well be guilty, even if Saldate made up her confession out of whole cloth,' Kozinski wrote.
'After all, it's hard to understand what reason Styers and Scott would have had for killing a four-year-old boy. 
Then again, what reason would they have to protect her if they knew she was guilty?'
Milke, now 49, was jailed the day after Christopher's death. She is one of three women on death row in Arizona and has been behind bars for 25 years and on death row for 22 years. 
The two men convicted in the Milke’s case, Roger Scott and former Milke roommate James Styers, are also both on death row.
Scott confessed during a police interrogation and led detectives to the boy’s body, but neither Scott or Styers would testify against Milke.