Dubai: A maid, who conceived out of wedlock, tried to sell her two-week-old daughter for Dh10,000 in collaboration with her co-worker, a court heard on Wednesday. A police informant alerted the police that the two Ethiopian women were looking for someone to buy the baby girl for Dh10,000. Shortly after the suspect [mother] collected the Dh10,000, police raided the spot and apprehended the two suspects. During questioning, the mother admitted that after she absconded, the Emirati man for whom she worked got her pregnant out of wedlock. The 30-year-old suspect claimed that the Emirati man gave her Dh500, left her alone in the street before she discovered that she had become pregnant.

Source: Ethiopian News February 14, 2018 13:52 UTC