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Woman charged after in flight birth abandoning on plane
A 29-year-old Samoan mother on a Pacific Blue flight from Samoa to Auckland secretly gave birth aboard the international flight and dumped the newborn in a toilet trash can. Police say she faces child abandonment and child assault charges, with possible penalties of up to seven years in prison and a 100 000 New Zealand dollar fine, plus immigration act violations. The baby, reported to be unharmed, is in care as welfare authorities determine citizenship and long term arrangements. The court ordered custody for the mother.
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