A mum got so drunk she fell asleep near her baby and only woke up when he cried as she knocked a can of cider all over him.
The woman also left the two year old alone for hours at a time to go and drink and smoke cannabis in flats close to her Merseyside home.
The woman, who cannot be named in order to protect the identity of her child, appeared at Liverpool Magistrates’ Courts earlier this week and admitted neglect of a child in a manner likely to cause unnecessary suffering.
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Prosecutors said the woman was in touch with social services and they started to raise concerns about her son after numerous visits to their home. They said the woman began to detail herself how she would sometimes leave her son alone to go and drink with friends nearby.
The court heard that on one occasion she greeted them by saying: “Wait till I tell you about my bank holiday weekend, so heavy and so messy.” Her key workers raised multiple concerns during 2021, leading to the woman eventually being charged by the Crown Prosecution Service.
She was reported to police on the basis of her own comments to social workers. She told them she was heavily dependent on alcohol, drinking a bottle of wine and four cans of cider a day.
While this drinking sometimes occurred with others outside the flat, the court also heard of one occasion where the woman told social workers she had fallen asleep with her child while drunk and was woken when he started crying and she realised she had spilled cider on him.
The court heard the boy was now in the care of relatives of the woman.
Gary Bryan, defending, asked District Judge James Clarke to order a pre-sentence report for the woman. He added that she had significant mental health issues that would also need to be examined before sentencing.
District Judge James Clarke ordered a pre-sentence report for the woman and asked for the case to be brought back to the magistrates’ courts next month. However, he said her case could still be moved up to the crown court for sentencing if he decided his powers were insufficient to punish her.
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