Teen abandoned baby to escape garda

A teenage girl abandoned her baby at a DART station in an attempt to escape from a garda who wanted to question her for a shoplifting offence, the Dublin Children’s Court heard today.

The 17-year-old mother of one, originally from Romania, had pleaded not guilty to the theft of two bottles of hair dye from a pharmacy at Westland Row, in Dublin City Centre, on May 5 last. She also denied engaging in a breach of the peace at Pearse Street DART station on the same date.