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This was the moment when cops led a mum off a packed beach after horrified onlookers shouted to her: "Your baby is burning."
Worried sunbathers had confronted the woman as she walked aimlessly among them, with the naked infant in her arms.
They were alarmed at the state of the five-month-old boy - who was found to be burnt over 40 per cent of his body.
His mum had been sunbathing beside him on the packed beach at Brighton, East Sussex, on one of the hottest days of the year.
The drama, which shocked the nation, was caught on camera by an eyewitness. Beachgoers said the distressed baby - later wrapped in a towel - was clearly burnt and crying with pain.
Concerned Alex Coulson, 26, confronted the mother over the child's condition on Sunday - as the temperature hit 25°C (77°F).
He held on to her as another worried mum fetched two nearby Police Community Support Officers.
They examined the infant, saw his terrible burns and blisters and immediately called an ambulance.
The boy - whose identity has not been revealed - was then whisked to the nearby Royal Sussex County Hospital. A specialist burns consultant was required to help treat him.
The mother - a 29-year-old eastern European - travelled with him to hospital and stayed at his side.
She was not arrested for allowing the baby to suffer the nasty injuries, but police and social services are investigating to see if the child needs protection.
The mum - on a day trip from her home in Plumstead, South East London - has not been identified by police or council officials.
Concerned Alex, a teacher of Beckenham, Kent, said: "She seemed pretty out of it to me. I think she may have been drinking because she seemed very confused.
"She was saying she had lost her husband on the beach in a heavy Eastern European accident.
"The woman wanted to be left alone, but I knew the baby was in distress and I wasn't letting her go anywhere. It was obvious to everybody who saw the baby that he was in trouble.
"When the PCSOs took the child and guided the mother off the beach towards the ambulance everyone just started clapping."
The eyewitness who took the pictures said: "The baby was screaming, really howling. It was obviously in distress.
"I could tell it was serious when the two community police officers - both women - went over to talk to the mother.
"They looked really concerned immediately. The baby's body was really badly burnt.
"Its head appeared to have been covered with a hat so his head escaped the nasty burns which affected the rest of his body.
"The worst of his injuries were from the nose down.
"The mother realised what had happened far too late.
"She wrapped the boy in a towel to try and shield him from the sun but the damage had been done."
The baby was kept in hospital for treatment and observation until Tuesday then returned home with his mother.
A Sussex police spokesman said: "The woman was given advice and is being investigated by social services to ensure that there are no child protection issues that need to be addressed."
A spokesman for the South East Coast Ambulance Service said: "We were called at approximately 4.15pm to the seafront officers after they reported a baby suffering bad sunburn.
"An ambulance and a car went to the scene and took the baby to hospital."
A spokeswoman for the Royal Sussex County Hospital confirmed the boy had 40 per cent burns.
NHS Brighton and Hove health promotion specialist Carolyn Syverson said yesterday that babies' skins burn much more easily because they produce less melanin, which protects against UV rays.
She warned: "Babies and young children are particularly at risk of sunburn and heatstroke.
"Very young children should be kept in the shade when the sun is at its hottest. Older children should wear protective clothing, including a hat, have high-factor sun cream regularly applied and drink lots of fluids to stay safe."
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