Abduction accused had been hanging around hospital, court hears

The woman charged with abducting a baby at the Erinville Hospital in Cork had been seen in the vicinity of the hospital numerous times when she had no reason to be there, it was claimed today.

Marie Crean, 36, who had been living at rented flats and bedsits around Cork for the past few years, most recently at Englinton Place, Western Road, Cork, was even arrested for being drunk at the hospital in the early hours of July 27, Garda Declan O'Brien said today.