Baby given bottle of 'bleach' by woman in Eltham High Street McDonald's

3:32pm Thursday 13th September 2012 in News By Mark Chandler

PARENTS in Eltham are being warned by police after an 11-month-old baby boy was given a bottle believed to contain bleach by a woman in McDonald's.

Police took to Twitter this afternoon to issue the warning, after the baby boy was handed the bottle in the Eltham High Street branch.

It is believed the boy drank some of the liquid before vomiting it back up.

He was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich at around 12.40pm for observation where he remains in a stable condition.

At this stage no other children are believed to have been affected.

The woman is described by police as a heavily-built white female in her 50s with grey hair.

She was wearing black trousers, black trainers, a long multi-coloured top and a black jacket with white chevron type markings. She also carried a maroon bag.

Anyone with information is asked to call the incident room on 0208 284 9543 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111

Comments(25)

*shellebell* says...
5:39pm Thu 13 Sep 12

I find it unbelievable that someone would do this. This woman is obviously very sick I the head and need help

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handymanchris says...
5:43pm Thu 13 Sep 12

Secondly, why would any parent take a bottle that was filled?

I know the woman should be locked up for it but then i cant help but wonder the stupidity of the parents for taking the bottle

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Astounded_Chap says...
6:02pm Thu 13 Sep 12

Where does it say that the parents accepted the bottle? From what I can see it would seem that the woman handed the bottle directly to the baby. I would imagine that the parents didn't notice until it was too late, as no parent in their right mind would allow their child to drink from a bottle handed over by a complete stranger.

Unless you know something that I don't?

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eltham_girl says...
6:24pm Thu 13 Sep 12

What were the parents doing that they were too busy to notice someone approach their child and give him a bottle??

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D.D.S.B says...
6:33pm Thu 13 Sep 12

Eating McDonald's.

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Donna_T says...
6:40pm Thu 13 Sep 12

I do hope they check the CCTV. Not that it's much help most times, you just as well perm anyone from half a million people.

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handymanchris says...
7:01pm Thu 13 Sep 12

Regardless if the parents took it off someone or not the lack of parental care and supervision has alot to be desired

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Dangerous_1981 says...
11:03pm Thu 13 Sep 12

Absolute scum, woman needs torturing.

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hansmum says...
7:16am Fri 14 Sep 12

Parents obviously too busy with their Big Macs to notice?

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Outandabout says...
8:18am Fri 14 Sep 12

Basically no one knows why or how this happened. Far too easy to blame the parents or judge them for being where they were or not noticing. Most of the time you trust strangers not to poison your child! I don't remember this sort of sideways blame at the mother when Jamie Bulger was abducted.

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PaulErith says...
8:29am Fri 14 Sep 12

Easy to blame the parents, but there's not really enough information in this story to do that. They could have been in the queue, and have only got to look away for a moment for someone to put a bottle in a baby's hands. Surely no parent would actually accept a bottle of liquid off a stranger and feed it to their child.

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Lukeyboy says...
9:43am Fri 14 Sep 12

This woman should be found and some justice dished out in Eltham High Street Guatemalian style:

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j.j. says...
11:06am Fri 14 Sep 12

Sky News is jumping on this story and making once again Eltham look bad. I'm surprised their helicopter wasn't hovering above the High Street all night. As the council has a well resourced PR team it should do something about this.

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Guess who ;) AGAIN ! says...
11:09am Fri 14 Sep 12

"and making once again Eltham look bad."

ROFL !!

j.j step away from the crack pipe please.

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rarecockneyguvnor says...
11:55am Fri 14 Sep 12

In the updated story the grand muver was busy stuffing McDs chips down the 11 month olds face. Now what does that tell ya ??

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bexleygaa85 says...
12:20pm Fri 14 Sep 12

Those of you making comments about the parents etc are sick. None of you know exactly what happened and are probably too narrow minded and on you pedalstalls to realise that as a parent anything can happen in a split second. The parent did not take the bottle from a stranger, it happened in a split second and luckily the parent/grandparent was there and quickly acted. I know as a parent if my daughter was in her buggy strapped in and i was sitting next to her i would think it would be safe in a public place to turn and look out the window. Any of you that say other wise are either not a parent or lying. You would not expect someone to do something so cruel and what the poor child has been through and what their families must be feeling is heart breaking for me as a parent to imagine and your thoughtless nasty comments are not wanted nor needed and they certainly wont help. I cant believe how many people out there jump to such nasty conclusions when they no nothing other than what is written in a paper and the worse part is the above story doesnt even tell you any details and straight away you are fabricating a story of your own that has no truth or reference to the actual occurence. I am saddened that there are so many people ready to say cruel things about such a terrible situation.

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ksc says...
12:23pm Fri 14 Sep 12

handymanchris wrote:
Secondly, why would any parent take a bottle that was filled?

I know the woman should be locked up for it but then i cant help but wonder the stupidity of the parents for taking the bottle
Totally agree, only it doesn't actually say the parents took the bottle then gave it to the child, I really can't believe a parent would put anything from a total stranger in the mouth of their kid, that aside, when my kid's were young I don't think there was ever a split second when I was out with them, that a person could give them a sideways glance, yet alone a bottle of poison, parents beware, there's a sick would be child killer out there, and she will be back.

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the wall says...
1:17pm Fri 14 Sep 12

bexleygaa85 wrote:
Those of you making comments about the parents etc are sick. None of you know exactly what happened and are probably too narrow minded and on you pedalstalls to realise that as a parent anything can happen in a split second. The parent did not take the bottle from a stranger, it happened in a split second and luckily the parent/grandparent was there and quickly acted. I know as a parent if my daughter was in her buggy strapped in and i was sitting next to her i would think it would be safe in a public place to turn and look out the window. Any of you that say other wise are either not a parent or lying. You would not expect someone to do something so cruel and what the poor child has been through and what their families must be feeling is heart breaking for me as a parent to imagine and your thoughtless nasty comments are not wanted nor needed and they certainly wont help. I cant believe how many people out there jump to such nasty conclusions when they no nothing other than what is written in a paper and the worse part is the above story doesnt even tell you any details and straight away you are fabricating a story of your own that has no truth or reference to the actual occurence. I am saddened that there are so many people ready to say cruel things about such a terrible situation.
It's called speculation and this is the comment section where by people can leave comments much like what you have done.

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bexleygaa85 says...
1:59pm Fri 14 Sep 12

Except my comment is not accusing parents of neglect like so many others on here!

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the wall says...
2:41pm Fri 14 Sep 12

bexleygaa85 wrote:
Except my comment is not accusing parents of neglect like so many others on here!
So what, it's just words on a screen. Get over yourself.

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the wall says...
2:45pm Fri 14 Sep 12

bexleygaa85 wrote:
Except my comment is not accusing parents of neglect like so many others on here!
I will point out that you also throw accusations about the posters yet know nothing about them.

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born n breed says...
2:57pm Fri 14 Sep 12

I just can't believe what I have just read, a whole news report about Eltham from the News Shopper that hasn't mentioned Stephen Lawrence. This must be a first.

Good to hear the lad is ok.

bexleygaa85 - Everyone is allowed to have an opinion. If you don't like it move to a country where you are not allowed an opinion,

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bexleygaa85 says...
3:34pm Fri 14 Sep 12

the wall wrote:
bexleygaa85 wrote:
Except my comment is not accusing parents of neglect like so many others on here!
I will point out that you also throw accusations about the posters yet know nothing about them.
I said their comments are nasty and narrow minded that is not an accusation that is a observation from there comments left regarding this story and how it must be the parents thought etc. And i am not saying they cant have opinions on facts but they were creating their own stories about what happened when it is not true nor even mentioned in the article. That is complete fabrication and not classed as an opinion.

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the wall says...
4:59pm Fri 14 Sep 12

So they can have an opinion as long as you don't get up set about it. People formed their own opinions on what the know and what they read.... they the posters speculated. No one has said it's fact. Really in the grand scheme of things it has done no one any harm. Just words on a screen. Can I ask are you new to the internet?

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PaulErith says...
9:20am Mon 17 Sep 12

bexleygaa85 wrote:
the wall wrote:
bexleygaa85 wrote: Except my comment is not accusing parents of neglect like so many others on here!
I will point out that you also throw accusations about the posters yet know nothing about them.
I said their comments are nasty and narrow minded that is not an accusation that is a observation from there comments left regarding this story and how it must be the parents thought etc. And i am not saying they cant have opinions on facts but they were creating their own stories about what happened when it is not true nor even mentioned in the article. That is complete fabrication and not classed as an opinion.
I think that now more facts have come out, it vindicates the parents. It was obvious that the parents wouldn't have actually taken a bottle from a stranger. Some people on here were getting very high and mighty about how this wouldn't have happened to them because they're such great parents. However, in reality, it could have happened to any parents. Nobody can claim to having their eyes on a child's buggy 100% of the time. If someone walks past and drops something slyly into it, then you can't blame the parents.

At least the main thing is that someone has now been arrested. Let's hope this sick person is banged up for a long time!

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