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A woman accused of leaving her four young children at home alone to go on a three-day cruise has faced court.
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Matthew Quagliotto

Mum ‘went on cruise while baby and 3 kids were home alone’

A woman has faced court accused of leaving her four young children - one of them a two-month-old infant - home alone while she went on an international cruise.

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