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'I came back from a fag and my baby was gone' ... ,mother of child 'snatched' by social workers speaks for first time
By GWYNETH REES - More by this author »
Last updated at 18:21pm on 27th March 2008
Comments (45)The young mother whose newborn baby was snatched from her by social workers has spoken of her ordeal for the first time and insisted she is a good mother.
Social services removed the child on January 30 this year but were forced to return him when a High Court Judge later ruled that he had been taken unlawfully because no court order had been sought for his removal.
The baby - known only as K - was returned to his mother - known as G - but within days was again removed and placed in foster care after a judge at Nottingham County Court granted the city council an interim care order.
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Ordeal: The mother whose newborn baby was taken by social workers has spoken of her ordeal for the first time and insists she's a good mother. File picture
The council claimed that the mother's troubled childhood and mental health problems threatened the baby's welfare.
She had been taken into care herself after running away from home and had in the past taken drugs.
Yesterday, 18-year-old G described her moment when she realised her baby had been taken from her without her knowledge.
Speaking to BBC East Midlands, she said: "I went outside at 4.30am for a fag and stood outside for about half-an-hour. I went back in and K was gone.
"I wondered where he'd gone and who took him. I was shocked."
She also refuted claims that she suffers from mental health problems.
She said: "I have had two psychiatric reports done for court proceedings that I was under...and they said I had emotional needs, I don't know where that's come in as mental health issues.
"It's unfair, I'm a good mother and it's also unfair for a father to lose contact with his child."
Social workers removed the child just two hours after its birth.
However, last month, at a hearing before Mr Justice Munby sitting at the family court in Liverpool, lawyers for the council admitted it had acted "unlawfully" for not seeking a court order to remove the child.
Although they argued that G had not objected to the baby being taken away from her in hospital they also admitted that she had never seen a proper birth plan and was unaware of any proposal for an interim care order.
It was later revealed that G could be in line to receive Ј20,000 damages under the Human Rights Act for the blunder.
Up until last month, the little boy was in care, while G was allowed to visit him for three hours a day, five days a week.
Earlier this month, however, a court ruled that G should have no contact with her child.
Nottingham City Council said: "The council has referred this case to the Nottingham Safeguarding Children Board who are conducting a full review of all the circumstances surrounding G and baby K.
"When the review is completed, we shall make sure all processes and procedures comply with any recommendations the board makes."
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