WA: Man stole car and baby, then abandoned them, court told

AAP General News (Australia)
02-10-2004
WA: Man stole car and baby, then abandoned them, court told

A West Australian court's been told a man who allegedly stole a car with an eight month-old
baby inside, abandoned the car before walking to a police station to answer bail on separate
charges.

Twenty-seven-year-old SCOTT ROBERT NEELY has appeared in Fremantle Magistrates Court
on charges of stealing a motor vehicle, driving while suspended and committing an act
likely to endanger the life of a child.

The theft of the the Holden Commodore from a service station in Fremantle around 3.20
pm (WST) yesterday sparked a desperate two-hour hunt for eight month-old TILLY ROWE.

The abandoned car, with TILLY inside, was found by a television news cameraman.

NEELY's been remanded in custody, and his bail application will be considered on Thursday.

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KEYWORD: NEELY (PERTH)

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