http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1170671,00.html

Mother 'sold baby twice'

Martin Wainwright
Wednesday March 17, 2004
The Guardian

A mother who was arrested in hospital shortly after giving birth appeared in
court yesterday, accused of selling her baby to two different couples over the
internet.
Moira Greenslade, 33, faces a maximum 10-year jail sentence if she is convicted
on three charges of obtaining £2,500 by deception from the couples, both
childless, who answered an advertisement on an American website.

Ms Greenslade, who has another child, spoke only to confirm her name at a short
hearing before magistrates in Bingley, West Yorkshire. The baby girl involved
in the charges has been taken into care by social services.

Ms Greenslade, of Keighley in West Yorkshire, was charged with obtaining £1,500
from a Scottish couple by falsely pretending to pursue a surrogacy agreement
with them. The two other charges allege that she dishonestly obtained £1,000
from a couple in north Wales in the same way.

Ms Greenslade was arrested in December after giving birth at the Princess Anne
hospital in Southampton. She has also been charged under the Adoption Act with
publishing an advertisement and making arrangements for the adoption of a child
when she was not an adoption agency.

Her solicitor, who was given a two-week adjournment by the magistrates, said
the case was "unusual and complex". Ms Greenslade was bailed on condition that
she did not try to contact any of the couples.


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A good friend will come and bail you out of jail . . . but, a true friend will
be sitting next to you saying, "Damn . . . that was fun!"
-----Unknown