A 30-year-old Samoan woman charged with attempted murder after leaving her newborn son in a drain in western Sydney will spend Christmas in prison. The accused did not appear via an audio visual link from jail in Penrith Local Court during a very brief hearing before Magistrate Roger Clisdell. She is next due to appear on January 16. Friends of the woman have rallied around her, posting messages of support on her Facebook page, saying 'God will find an answer' and her situation will be resolved 'through prayer'. Scroll down for video Tragic mother: This is the 30-year-old Samoan woman who has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly dumping her day old baby son in a drain in western Sydney, where he lay for five days
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The Samoan woman who has been accused of dumping her baby in a drain will spend Christmas in prison
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She is due to appear in court on January 16
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Friends posted Facebook messages of support saying 'God will find an answer'
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The woman, 30, has been charged with attempted murder of her baby son
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The woman also appears to have a five-year old son living in New Zealand
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She has made 'full admissions' to the alleged crime
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The father of the child is Samoan and may have moved away
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