A DALTON woman and her parents have been told they face jail sentences after admitting involvement in the kidnapping of an 11-month-old girl earlier this year.
Police in Huddersfield launched a search for 23-year-old Jodie Little and the child, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, after the youngster was taken from an address in Crosland Moor on March 12.
The baby and Little were found by police two days later.
Little and her parents Jayne, 47, and Keith Little, 53, all pleaded guilty to the kidnap charge when they appeared before a judge at Bradford Crown Court yesterday.
Jodie Little, of Dyson Street, Dalton, also admitted a further offence of affray arising out of her arrest on March 14.
Her barrister, Sophie Drake, said she pleaded guilty to the affray on the basis that she had pointed a knife at her own throat and not the child’s and had only threatened to kill herself.
Prosecutor Simon Waley said it was also accepted that Little had been waving the knife in the direction of officers who had attended the scene.
Little is currently remanded in custody and she took part in yesterday’s hearing via a video link.
Jayne and Keith Little are both on conditional bail and Judge John Potter told all three defendants that in adjourning their cases for the preparation of reports he was giving no indication as to what the final the sentence will be.
He told Jodie Little to prepare herself for an immediate custodial sentence and said her parents had also pleaded guilty to a serious matter.
The judge told them that custody was a likely outcome.
Jayne Little has a condition on her bail that she abides by an electronically-monitored night-time curfew at her home in Dyson Street.
Her husband is currently residing with his parents in Middlesex.
Judge Potter said the case would be listed for sentence on August 9.
