A woman accused of kidnapping her neighbour’s eight-month-old baby spent her first night in the mang, while her mother reveals she is terminally ill with cancer.
Miranda “Mindy” Julies, 37, is expected to make her second appearance at the Blue Downs Magistrates’ Court today on a charge of abduction. She is being held at Pollsmoor Prison.
Prosecutors are set to prove Julies took baby Lucus Cedras while he was sleeping in his cot at his Hartebees Street home in Scottsdene on January 10.
Two days later, Julies’ mother Regina Julies piemped her to police after she visited her Martin Street home with the infant.
Julies then left her mother’s house with baby Lucus.
Based on information given, the Daily Voice previously reported that Lucus was found at Regina’s house.
It had now come to light that cops found the child in Nellie Street, near Regina’s home.
A day later, Julies was arrested after she was found under a bridge in Kraaifontein.
Earlier this week, Julies’ case was postponed to January 19 in order to ascertain a fixed address for Julies before she can apply for a formal bail application.
This week her mother revealed that Julies had suffered one miscarriage and had lost two other infants. Regina described her daughter as a woman with a deep desire for a baby of her own, but Julies recently found out she has womb cancer.
“She desires to have a child but [can’t] due to circumstances, she has cancer in her womb and suffers from a long-term illness,” she says.
“We found out recently she has cancer. She also has asthma.”
“She always took her five-year-old nephew and would keep him for a week, she loves children.”
Regina says her daughter will never be able to be a mother on her own.
“She had a C-section with her last baby 18 years ago and that baby lived for four months,” she explains.
“She carried the child in her arms to the police station.
“That child would have been 18 years old.”
The mother says she thinks the trauma her daughter suffered had stayed with her.
“So when she wants to take her nephew, we allow her because of her desires,” says Regina.
“The first child wasn’t lying right in the womb.
“The second child was a normal birth; he also died after three days.”
Regina, who has five children and suffers from chronic asthma, is unable to walk far distances and needs to use a wheelchair.
“I feel heartbroken that she is still there [prison], but I must accept what is,” adds the mom.
“I did what I could. I am just glad that the child is back with the
mother.”