A seven-month-old baby was found crying among sharp objects and drug paraphernalia at the foot of her unconscious mother in a squalid caravan with her father high on cocaine nearby.
The infant was tested and found to have a cocaine by-product in her body after police found her and her parents in"extreme squalor" in a caravan nearPolice officers visited the caravan on the evening of March 16 last year after concerns were raised for the welfare of the baby and parents living there.
"They gained entrance although there was some delay, and during that time they could hear a child crying," prosecutor John Oates told the court. Officers met the child's father who was"clearly under the influence of drugs" and"told them he had taken cocaine when police entered the caravan"." was unconscious on a sofa with the baby next to her feet."
Screws, sharp objects and drug paraphernalia were seen on the floor near the baby. The girl's father showed police crack cocaine and a bag of white powder.Wetherspoon slashes prices - here's a full list of pubs where you can get a pint for just £1.79 in Shropshire
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