Baby stolen in Cape Town

2012-04-25 17:10

Johannesburg - A woman claiming to be a social worker has abducted a two-week-old baby boy in Lingelethu West, Western Cape police said.

The woman approached the baby's 16-year-old mother on Wednesday and offered to help her apply for a birth certificate, said Captain Frederik van Wyk.

She accompanied the teenager to the home affairs office, but she did not have a clinic card.

"The suspect then gave R20 to [the mother] to go back home to get the clinic card," said Van Wyk.

"She promised... to look after her child [in the meantime]."

When the mother returned, the woman and her baby were nowhere to be found.

- SAPA