Woman charged with abducting baby ‘sorry for what she did’

A WOMAN charged with abducting a baby from a maternity hospital told gardaí she was sorry for what she had done, a court heard yesterday.

Woman charged with abducting baby ‘sorry for what she did’

Marie Crean had been seen in the vicinity of the Erinville Hospital in Cork numerous times when she had no reason to be there, it was claimed. Crean, 36, of Eglinton Place, Western Road, was charged at Cork District Court with intentionally taking a baby from the lawful control of his mother on the evening of September 24.

Garda Declan O’Brien told the court Crean had previously been arrested for being drunk at the hospital in the early hours of July 27. He said security staff had seen her in the hospital many times.

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