I’m not a bad mum’-Woman who dragged child along pavement defends herself

A woman who shocked the internet after a shocking footage captured the moment she was dragging a child along the pavement of a city centre high street,has defended herself.

In the clip, a woman is seen holding onto what appears to be children’s reins, which are being used to drag the infant along behind her in Basnett Street, in Liverpool,

Despite being hauled at pace along the pavement,the child does not appear to react and none of the shoppers stop the woman, leaving some viewers to speculate whether it could have been a doll, reports the Liverpool Echo .

But Joe Cain, who filmed to clip, and posted it on Twitter,said:

“Basically, I was walking through town and the kid fell over and then the woman saw the kid had fallen but kept on walking.

Defending herself,she told the Liverpool Echo :

 “My son has autism, he has meltdowns and throws himself on the floor.
“What I am doing in that video is the only way I can move him.
“He does it all the time and won’t get up or let me pick him up.
“He just drops to the floor like a sack of spuds.”“People are making me out to be a bad mum – I am not a bad mum.
“They should ask before they judge me. Only two women came up to me and I said ‘he has severe autism’.
“And I would have told that to anyone who asked me, but people just stare at me and him and judge and think he is ‘not normal’.
“He is normal he just has autism.”“People don’t understand how hard it is having an autistic child, especially when they are so strong. He has attacked me before and knocked me off my feet, but he doesn’t know he is hurting me.
“He can be the same with his friends.
“It is very stressful.”
She added: “He isn’t a naughty child he has autism, he is very loving.
“And people just look at me like something is wrong with him.
“I have the reins on him because he has no sense of danger.
“I try my best and people that know me, know that I am a good mum.