[Crimson Dynamo]

by the child's mum



Note hand holding door

A MOTHER took this photo of a toddler with Down’s syndrome in a washing machine – and then put it on Facebook.

Since posting the picture of the little boy, Courtney Stewart has been branded a scumbag, questioned by police and allegedly assaulted on her doorstep.

But the 21-year-old, herself a mother, was in no mood to apologise yesterday when the Daily Record spoke to her.

She said of the boy, who was in her care at the time: “He loves the washing machine. We took a picture and it was a laugh.”

Stewart’s neighbours in Erskine, Renfrewshire, were horrified when they saw the image of the two-and-a-half-year-old inside the machine – with an adult’s hand holding the door.

A member of the public who contacted us about the picture said: “It was terrible to look at.

“For anyone, let alone someone who is also a parent, to take a picture like that and stick it on Facebook for a laugh is unbelievable.

“It’s no wonder people are angry about it.

“People in the town have been talking about it, because anyone who has seen it has been left shocked.”



Stewart took down the photo after she was reported to police.

She told us she was horrified on Sunday morning when two officers came to her door – but conceded that they were right to investigate the picture.

She said: “It’s horrible having the police at the door thinking you’re a bad person.

“I was shocked, but in a sense I’m glad they didn’t just take it as a joke and not come and see me. So I was thankful in that way.

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