Mum who left baby in toilet spared jail
Merseyside mum delivered baby girl in toilet then left her.
A woman - who left her baby in an arcade toilet in Southport after giving birth has avoided jail.
Baby April - as she was named by nurses at Ormskirk hospital - was found on the floor of a disabled toilet at Silcock's Arcade.
Nicola Glover, 30, admitted child cruelty after delivering the baby girl in a disabled toilet at Silcock's arcade in Southport on April 16.
She was handed an eight-month prison sentence suspended for 18 months, having spent two months on remand.
Liverpool Crown Court heard that Glover had known she was pregnant but had kept it a secret from her family.
Judge Alan Conrad QC said that it had been a sad'' andhighly unusual case'' and accepted that Glover had been unwell at the time, suffering with mental health issues.
Emergency services were called after staff found the baby abandoned inside the disabled toilets.
The girl was later named April by carers at Ormskirk and District General
Hospital as a widespread appeal was made to find Glover, of, Prescot, Merseyside, who was found the next day.
She had previously denied a charge of attempted murder which was accepted by the Crown.