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Ruth Suter

Dad demands end to 'no rules care system' after baby son left for days with dead mum

The father of a young boy who was left alone in a Glasgow flat for days following the death his mum has demanded an investigation into the country's care system.

Adriel Nnanna was just 18 months old when his mother Mercy Baguma died in August 2020. It is feared that he lay for four days at the property in Govan.

Mercy, a 34-year-old asylum seeker from Uganda, was eventually found by police after the sound of her baby crying alerted people who reported it to the police.

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