Children left unattended in filthy home, while mother in drinking spree

The house in which the mother left her 3 children unattended while she consumed alcohol

The Child Care and Protection Agency is said to be investigating a case where a 23-year-old mother of 3, left her children unattended last Sunday while she consumed alcohol.

According to reports, around 11.20 am, the mother was consuming alcohol with a female relative and four males, while her home was in a mess and her three children, aged nine, five and four were left unattended. The children are also not attending school.

The 23-year-old woman who eloped at age 13 – which she blames on poverty – also has an older child, who had