Newborn baby girl stolen from hospital in Sydney's west
A 19-year-old woman has been charged with allegedly trying to help a family conceal their newborn daughter after she was snatched from a Sydney hospital.
The young mother from Doonside in Sydney's west faced court on Saturday after she allegedly let the child's parents hide the baby in her pram.
According to News.com the teenage mother was allegedly approached by police shortly after the baby's family had 'run off' but she wouldn't let them search her pram for the missing baby.
This police officer saved a newborn baby girl who was allegedly stolen from a Western Sydney hospital
The woman then allegedly hit a 61-year-old man, who was taken to hospital with head injuries
The baby was allegedly involved in a hit-and-run with her grandmother, mother and father shortly before allegedly being stashed in the pram.
The car, allegedly driven by the baby's 47-year-old grandmother, hit a pedestrian, 61, who had to be taken to hospital.
The baby's 47-year-old grandmother faced court after the incident on Friday - charged with seven offences including detaining a child with intent to remove it from parental control and dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm.
The woman, from Bidwill, did not apply for bail.
The alleged accomplice, did however apply for bail and was granted it so she could look after her own child.
The young woman's lawyer said she did not know the family and agreed to help them as a service to their two-day-old baby.
The man allegedly hit by the baby's 'grandmother' was taken to nearby Westmead Hospital
She described the even as 'like a scene from a movie' before she was granted bail.
The infant was allegedly taken from Blacktown Hospital on Friday against the advice of the Department of Family and Community Services.
'The was a car speeding, and there was a lady inside,' a witness told 7News. 'In the back, there was a baby...The car hit a man and pulled him over.'
Police used CCTV to locate the child, who was in the car at the time of the incident.
She was unharmed, but taken to Patrick St Medical Centre as a precaution, before being returned to Blacktown Hospital.