Police officers were forced to break the window of a car last week, in order to rescue a baby who was left inside, during temperatures of 25°C.
Onlookers in a car park in Swansea, Wales, called the police when they saw that the baby was left unattended in the car.
Officers rescued the baby and then waited for the mother to return from her shopping trip along with her older child.
Paramedics were called as a precaution to check on the baby girl but fortunately, the six-month-old was ok.
The mother has been given a formal police caution for child neglect.
Police officers released a statement about the incident.
“We were called after receiving a report of a baby being locked inside a car. Officers have interviewed a 39-year-old woman from the Port Talbot area who has received a caution for neglect of a child.”
Michelle Lapping who saw the incident said she was shocked by what occurred.
“I’m lost for words - why would you leave your six month old child or any child locked in a car? And in that heat? I wouldn’t leave my 10-year-old in the car even for a second never mind to go shopping.”
