Mosgiel grandmother admits snatching child

A Mosgiel grandmother has admitted abducting her two-year-old grand-daughter from the Otago Farmers Market on Saturday afternoon.

Yvonne Annelie Skeet (47), sickness beneficiary, of Mosgiel, pleaded guilty to the abduction in Dunedin District Court today and is remanded in custody for sentence on March 26.

Summarising the facts, Judge Eddie Paul, of Auckland, said the child and her grandfather (Skeet's former husband) were at the farmers market where the grandfather was operating a stall.

At the market, Skeet took the opportunity to take the child away resulting in police launching an abduction investigation.

The child was discovered with Skeet the following day.

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