'Home alone' mother escapes jail.Summary: A mother who abandoned her four young children to go on a 24-hour drink and drug binge has been given a suspended jail sentence jail sentence jail n → peine f de prison . A mother who abandoned her four young children to go on a 24-hour drink and drug binge has been given a suspended jail sentence. Rebecca Stevenson, 22, of Blackburn, Lancashire, left her two sons and two daughters, aged between three months and four years, home alone to fend for Verb 1. fend for - argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike" defend, support argue, reason - present reasons and arguments themselves. It was with "merciful good luck" that none of the children was seriously injured through her "absolute dereliction dereliction n. 1) abandoning possession, which is sometimes used in the phrase "dereliction of duty." It includes abandoning a ship, which then becomes a "derelict" which salvagers can board. " of duty, Preston Crown Court heard. Sentencing her to a 20-week jail term, suspended for two years, Judge Norman Wright said it was "an appalling state of affairs" that she had preferred to satisfy her own personal gratification rather than care for her children. Stevenson said she put her children to bed at 8.30pm one evening in July this year and proceeded to drink a bottle of wine before further indulging in cider and cocaine when friends called round to her house. Then in "a moment of madness" she told the court she left the children to their own devices as she went out to a house party. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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