Woman pleads guilty to abandoning 4-yr-old daughter on deserted road at night
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A 35-year-old woman admitted abandoning her 4-year-old daughter on a deserted road on a freezing cold night during a court hearing of her trial on charges of child abuse, Monday.
A 25-year-old man, known as the woman's acquaintance, also pleaded guilty as an accessory to the child abuse at the Incheon District Court in the port city, 50 kilometers west of Seoul.
The woman, whose identity was withheld, was indicted on child abandonment and neglect charges after leaving her young daughter on a back road near her daycare center in Goyang, northwest of Seoul, at about 10 p.m. Nov. 26 last year, when the temperature dropped below zero.
The man, who allegedly became acquainted with the woman through an internet game, was also indicted for aiding and abetting her.
They are accused of having gone to a nearby motel after taking the child out of the man's car and leaving her on the deserted road.
The woman told police earlier parenting was difficult for her and her acquaintance suggested abandoning the child. (Yonhap)