Footage has emerged showing a woman sneaking into a family’s house and stealing their newborn baby in Australia.
Nadene Manukau-Togiavalu, who had been employed to look after the baby, plotted with her cousin to take the baby.
On her third night working for the family in Epsom, Auckland, Manukau-Togiavalu signalled for her cousin to sneak in once the baby’s father had fallen asleep.
The CCTV film showed Sydnee Taulapapa, 18, in a balaclava as she opened the gate with a remote control and entered the house through the back door on 8 September, 2017.
She could then be seen leaving the house with the baby.
Manukau-Togiavalu has been jailed for three years.
Before the kidnapping, she had tried to convince friends and family she was pregnant by wearing a pregnancy suit and hosting a false baby shower, the New Zealand Herald reports.
She later claimed her baby had been adopted after she gave birth.
Manukau-Togiavalu pleaded guilty to kidnapping and burglary and was sentenced in April.
She was discharged without conviction, but ordered to undergo 400 hours of community work and pay A$2,000 (£1,120) to the baby’s parents or a children’s charity.
