Russian woman sentenced to 4 years in prison for selling newborn son

Russian woman sentenced to 4 years in prison for selling newborn son

2011-06-02 23:40:38 GMT+7 (ICT)

MOSCOW (BNO NEWS) -- A Russian court on Thursday sentenced a woman in Chelyabinsk Region to four and a half years in prison for attempting to sell her newborn baby boy for 10,000 rubles (about $330), RIA Novosti reported.

A local court said in a statement, that the woman in the Urals town of Satka was arrested in early March after selling her baby for 10,000 rubles to undercover police officers. The statement added that the woman is an alcoholic who did not have a permanent place of residence or a steady job.

"The woman was convicted for committing a crime against the personal freedom of her son...and sentenced to four years and six months in a penal colony," the court statement said.

Earlier on Thursday, a similar case was opened against a 22-year-old mother in Grozny who attempted to sell her two 9-month-old babies for 200,000 rubles ($7,000). According to the press service of Chechnya's Interior Ministry, she was also arrested after selling her children to undercover police officers.

If convicted, she could be jailed for up to 15 years.

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