{"id":597534,"date":"2026-07-10T16:05:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T13:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/07\/597534\/the-child-was-only-one-day-old-in-mykolaiv-the-parents-were-sentenced-to-11-and-10-years-in-prison-for-selling-their-daughter\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T16:05:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T13:05:36","slug":"the-child-was-only-one-day-old-in-mykolaiv-the-parents-were-sentenced-to-11-and-10-years-in-prison-for-selling-their-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/07\/597534\/the-child-was-only-one-day-old-in-mykolaiv-the-parents-were-sentenced-to-11-and-10-years-in-prison-for-selling-their-daughter\/","title":{"rendered":"The child was only one day old: in Mykolaiv the parents were sentenced to 11 and 10 years in prison for selling their daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Zavodskyi District Court of the city of Mykolaiv<\/strong> found guilty the parents who handed their newborn daughter to another woman for 10,000 US dollars<\/strong>. The verdict was handed down<\/a> on 7 July 2026<\/strong>: the mother was sentenced to 11 years<\/strong>, and the father to 10 years of imprisonment<\/strong> without confiscation of property.<\/p>\n

According to the case materials, a 21-year-old woman<\/strong> and her 38-year-old cohabiting partner<\/strong> agreed to sell the child while she was still pregnant. The woman did not plan to raise the baby herself and was looking for someone to whom she could irrevocably transfer the child for money.<\/p>\n

The mother received the first part of the money on 21 November 2025<\/strong> near Maternity Hospital No. 3<\/strong>. In the park “Lisky” she was handed a UAH 5,000<\/strong> advance, after which she wrote a receipt. The next day, 22 November<\/strong>, the future child’s father met the woman, who was acting under law enforcement control, in Shevchenko Park. He received another UAH 3,000<\/strong> and also confirmed the agreement in writing.<\/p>\n

The girl was born on 1 January 2026<\/strong>. Already the next day, at around 13:10<\/strong>, the parents took the newborn out of Maternity Hospital No. 3<\/strong>, handed over the medical documents and the child to the woman who was participating in a special investigative experiment.<\/p>\n

The mother was handed 10,000 US dollars<\/strong>, which at the official National Bank exchange rate at that time amounted to UAH 421,701<\/strong>. The bills were imitation and bore the same serial number. While the woman stepped away to count the money, the father handed the newborn daughter to the ‘buyer’ in the car. After that, both were detained by law enforcement officers.<\/p>\n

The previously received UAH 8,000<\/strong> advance was spent by the couple. The child’s father told the court that part of the money was used for food and part for the purchase of narcotics.<\/p>\n