Indian woman tried to snatch baby, so she can use the child to get a Council House

[Yossarian]

The front page headline says:

Indian woman, 62, 'tried to snatch an eight-month-old baby from a mother in a doorstep grapple because she thought having a child would help her get a COUNCIL HOUSE'

Sarah Hunt, 28, told jurors she was terrified when a woman attempted to steal her baby. Rukibai Lakhman Karavadra, 62, of Belgrave, Leicester, denies charges at is on trial at Leicester Crown Court.Karavadra, 62, is accused of knocking on Sarah Hunt's front door and pleading in broken English: 'Baby, I need baby.' Ms Hunt, 28, told jurors she did not recognise Karavadra, whose three sons and grandchildren all live in India, and tried to shut the door.But the gran put her foot in the way and grabbed the pushchair - which had her eight-month-old daughter inside - before grappling with the mum, the court heard.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/index.html

However, the article goes on to say that the court found her NOT GUILTY of the accusations made against her.

Having said that, the article also says :

Jurors were told Karavadra came to the UK nine years ago and stays at her brother's home and at a friend's, but occasionally sleeps rough on park benches.

Karavadra said she had no education in India and could not read or write in her own language, nor speak English.

Either way, it's a sad state of affairs when a 62 year old mother and grandmother, who is uneducated, cannot read or write, and is unable to speak the local language, is forced to sleep on park benches thousands of miles from her home country.