Durban - The Newlands East mother who allegedly dumped her newborn baby in a stormwater drain is due to appear in the Ntuzuma Magistrate’s Court today.
The 32-year-old, mother of two, face charges of attempted murder and is currently out on bail.
The baby girl was rescued after community members heard a baby crying in a stormwater drain in Barracuda Road and Herring Circle in Newlands East in February.
The four-hour rescue went viral on social media.
Emergency workers had to dig a trench to save the infant who was airlifted to hospital.
Shortly after the arrest the child's biological father and his wife came forward saying that he lied to the child's mother that he was unmarried and that she had lied she had a miscarriage.
His wife told IOL that she was prepared to raise the child as her own.
Last week a Verulam mother who placed her baby in a bin bag and left it on the side on the road to be picked up by waste services was handed a five year suspended sentence and correctional supervision.