A 22-YEAR-OLD Indian woman was arrested, accused of abandoning the 20-month-old baby she was looking after, police said.
The 22-year old was arrested by Limassol police after the parents returned from work and found the baby alone in the house. They reported the incident and the woman was found and arrested.
Limassol police spokesman Ioannis Soteriadis said that the Indian woman claimed her working conditions were very harsh so she chose to leave the house. “The woman claims that she waited until the mother was to return so the baby wasn’t left alone for too long. She says that the baby was left alone for one hour,” he said.
The woman was employed by the family since July.
The 22-year old now faces charges of abandoning a child under two years of age, a crime with the maximum sentence of five years imprisonment.
She is to appear in court on April 16.
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