Mum who dangled baby out of window says: I was having a Michael Jackson moment

A MICHAEL Jackson fan landed in court when she copied her hero by dangling her baby out of an upstairs window as one of his songs came on the radio.

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The woman yelled “Wacko Jacko!” as she held the infant precariously in the air by its wrists. The crazy stunt only came to light when the child's dad saw snaps of it on her phone and called cops.

The dad said: “I was mortified. I felt ill. I saw what was on the picture and I was mortified, as you can imagine.

“My kids are big, they are heavy, and I'm a big bloke, but it would take some strength for me to dangle my child out of a window. “She could have killed my child. I'm absolutely disgusted.

”The woman, of Hull, who can't be named for legal reasons, admitted exposing the child to danger and was given 16 weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months. She must also have up to 30 days rehabilitation supervised by the probation service.

She said it was a “moment of madness”. The woman told police: “I've been stupid for dangling the child out of the window – I was having a Michael Jackson moment.”ackson triggered worldwide outrage when he was filmed dangling son Prince Michael II, then nine months, from a hotel balcony in Germany in 2002.