Overview

• Irine Jerotich, 26, entered a guilty plea to reckless conduct endangering life at Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Monday.
• Prosecutors proceeded on a single count after a separate charge of reckless conduct endangering injury was discontinued.
• Court documents previously alleged she placed the newborn in a plastic bag and threw the child out a bathroom window onto concrete in Dandenong North between August 29 and 30, 2024.
• The infant was found about 2:40 a.m. on August 30 with life-threatening injuries, was taken to hospital with serious injuries, and survived.
• Bail was extended under conditions that she cannot leave Victoria and must reside at her home, and the matter is listed for a plea and sentencing process in the County Court in February.