Mother leaves 2 year old locked in car outside Juvenile Court

ALGECIRAS (Agencies/Photo of the incident: EuropaSur) People in the vicinity of the Juvenile Court (Juzgado de Menores), on Plaza San Bernardo, were astounded to hear a child's crying coming from a locked car parked close to the courthouse. Just after 12 noon on Monday, several passers-by noticed that a little girl was in a frantic state inside a white Skoda Fabia and there was no adult relative about. The Guardia Civil stationed at the court were informed, but these, not being able to leave their station, in turn told the National and Local Police.>
Members of the courthouse staff tried to find someone in charge of the car; in the meantime the police, now joined by several patrol cars, and although they realized that the girl was alright, if a little frightened, were debating whether to force the car door. According o witneses at the scene, over half an hour after the child was heard crying, a young woman turned up with a key. The mother (photo, in red trousers) had been shopping nearby. She gave the police a statement and was released but the matter is now in the hands of the very court where the car had been parked.

Algunos trabajadores del Juzgado recorrieron las dependencias sin éxito para ver si la madre u otro familiar de la niña se encontraba en su interior. También preguntaron en la Subdelegación de la Junta, que está a escasos metros en la calle Ancha, sin obtener resultado. Poco después se personaron varias patrullas policiales, al tiempo que curiosos se iban congregando en los alrededores. Los agentes comprobaron que la niña estaba bien, verificaron los datos del vehículo y empezaron a plantearse si forzar el coche para sacar a la niña al seguir sin aparecer nadie.



Los agentes de la Policía Nacional tomaron declararon a la joven y luego la dejaron marchar. Fuentes policiales indicaron a este medio que la niña tenía dos años de edad y que iban a dar traslado del acta levantada a la Fiscalía de Menores para que estudie si los hechos acontecidos son constitutivos de delito.