Woman neglected baby boy by abandoning two-month-old at care home
- Rory Cassidy
- Jun 18
- 3 min read
A woman neglected a baby boy by abandoning him at a care home when he was just two-months-old.
Robin McMurray ditched the youngster, who can't be named for legal reasons, in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire.
The 20-year-old took the tot to the Millview Care Home, in the town's Carlibar Road, and walked away and left him.
She did not return for the child on the day in question, November 27, 2025, and the alarm was raised.
And she went on to attack a police officer when taken to a police station in connection with the child neglect.
McMurray, of Barrhead, previously pleaded guilty to two of the three charges she faced.
She admitted breaching Section 12(1) of the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937.
The charge stated she "did wilfully neglect said child in a manner likely to cause him unnecessary suffering or injury to health".
She admitted neglecting the youngster while having "responsibilities in relation to" the child and having "charge or care of" the youngster.
The charge added she "did leave him unattended in his pram, walk away and fail to return for him".
She also pleaded guilty to a charge of attacking a police officer at Glasgow's Helen Street Police Office on the same day.
She assaulted PC Kimberly Campbell by spitting on her face, in breach of Section 90(1)(a) of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012.
Claims that she had also attempted to headbutt the officer on the head were deleted from the charge as part of her guilty plea.
And her not guilty plea was accepted to the third charge she faced - that she had also behaved in a threatening or abusive way.
She denied continually shouting, screaming, swearing and refusing to stop when requested at the station on the same day, in breach of Section 38(1) of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010.
McMurray admitted her guilt last month and sentencing was deferred for background reports to be prepared.
When she returned to the dock today, Thursday, June 18, 2026, to be sentenced, defence solicitor Paul Lynch said she had been assessed as a psychiatrist.
He said prosecutors from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service had examined the psychiatric report and decided that she should be prosecuted over the incidents.
And he said that when McMurray discovered they would not be dropping the case she indicated she would plead guilty.
Sheriff Eoin McGinty said: "In all the circumstances I'm prepared to take the exceptional course of simply deferring sentence for good behaviour, in the circumstances, notwithstanding the seriousness of charge two [the assault on the police officer].
"I'm going to defer sentence to allow you to be of good behaviour and get you to prove it was a one-off."
He said he understood McMurray had been going through a difficult period at the time and was giving her a chance.
But he warned her she could yet be jailed over the incidents when she returns to the dock next year to learn her fate.
He explained: "The circumstances that led up to it and explain it, I accept those circumstances.
"I'm going to defer sentence for a period of nine months to allow you to be of good behaviour.
"It's an exceptional step. If you haven't been of good behaviour then we'll be right back to square one and I'll have to look at the other options."
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