A woman who abandoned her two young children in a car at night while she went drinking has been given a suspended prison sentence.
Kayleigh McNaughton, 21, was arrested after returning to her unlocked vehicle from a bar.
She had left her nine-month old baby strapped into a car seat and her three-year old son in the passenger footwell.
Police had been called to the scene by a worried passer-by.
Officers said she was unsteady on her feet and smelled strongly of alcohol when she emerged from the nearby bar in Rusholme, Manchester, just after 3.30am last August.
McNaughton said initially that she had been away for just a few minutes to buypainkillers from a chemist's store but officers who rescued the boys had been waiting by the car for 40 minutes.
Manchester Crown Court heard that CCTV footage showed the mother entering the bar at 2.25am and leaving at 3.37am. It also showed her dancing in the venue.
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Kayleigh McNaughton, 21, was arrested after returning to her unlocked vehicle from a bar.
She had left her nine-month old baby strapped into a car seat and her three-year old son in the passenger footwell.
Police had been called to the scene by a worried passer-by.
Officers said she was unsteady on her feet and smelled strongly of alcohol when she emerged from the nearby bar in Rusholme, Manchester, just after 3.30am last August.
McNaughton said initially that she had been away for just a few minutes to buypainkillers from a chemist's store but officers who rescued the boys had been waiting by the car for 40 minutes.
Manchester Crown Court heard that CCTV footage showed the mother entering the bar at 2.25am and leaving at 3.37am. It also showed her dancing in the venue.
Full article including video: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/mum-leaves-kids-car-while-drinking-142959076.html
