Babysitter's booze rap.A BOOZY babysitter babysitter A person, often an intelligent family member, who stays by the bedside of a Pt requiring mechanical ventilation, and guards for equipment malfunctions or other problems was yesterday fined pounds 500 after he was found in a stupor stupor /stu·por/ (stoo´per) [L.] 1. a lowered level of consciousness. 2. in psychiatry, a disorder marked by reduced responsiveness.stu´porous stu·por n. - unaware a tot in his care had been "coloured-in" with felt-tip pen. John McEwan downed the best part of two litres of vodka within three hours of arriving to look after two youngsters. Cops raced to the address after receiving a call indicating a child was playing with the phone, Perth Sheriff Court was told. Robbie Brown, prosecuting, said: "The children were aged four and 16 months. No harm had come to them but the 16-month-old was covered in felt-tip pen. McEwan was found asleep on the couch On the Couch is an Australian television program formally broadcast on the Fox Footy Channel and it focuses on the current issues in the AFL. This is now broadcast on Fox Sports after the closure of Fox Footy Channel. The show airs on Monday night and is hosted by Gerard Healy. . "There were two litre bottles of vodka nearby. One was empty and the other about one-third full. There were heavy objects and plates on the worktops. Any number of things could have happened." Jobless McEwan, of St Madoes, admitted exposing the children to danger in the Perthshire village in May. Sheriff Lindsay Foulis hit out: "This is totally unacceptable." CAPTION(S): FINED: John McEwan |
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