A couple who abandoned their baby on Omuramba Road in Milnerton has been arrested and is set to appear at the Cape Town Magistrates’ Court tomorrow on charges of child abandonment.
Police spokesperson Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana confirms: “Two suspects aged 20 and 23, male and female respectively, were arrested in the early hours of this morning (Wednesday). The child is still with the social workers.”
The couple dumped the baby under a tree near a MyCiTi bus stop in Montague Gardens on Monday evening.
Police were alerted by a passer-by and found the little girl.