How badly do you want the latest new mobile phone? Do you want it badly enough to sell your newborn child to be able to afford to purchase it? That may sound like something absurd that no one would ever do. However, it was recently done by a young couple living in China. The unmarried couple were apparently in a desperate situation after their own parents decided not to assist them in raising the child so they felt that their best option was to get rid of the baby. Where they went really wrong was that they sold the child and used the money to buy a new mobile phone.

The couple, Zhang Yao aged 19 and Xin aged 21, had met not all that long ago on the Internet. Both of them fail to work regularly and spend most of their time online. They got together in person, fell in love and Zhang Yao ended up pregnant. Their parents were none too happy with the situation and refused to offer the couple any sort of financial assistance to help raise the child. After discussing their options, the couple decided to have the baby and then to get rid of it. Their method of getting rid of it was to sell the newborn.

At only six days of age the child was sold for the measly price of 2500 yuan (£228). The father of the child used that money to purchase a new mobile phone. The information about which mobile phone the man thought was worth the price of his newborn child has not been released. The man that the child was sold to had planned to resell the baby for 10,000 yuan but was caught when his suspicious behaviour led the police to his door.

As of right now nobody has been arrested or charged in connection with this crime. The baby is with a child welfare program. Attempts are being made to get the couple’s parents on board with helping to raise the child so that the newborn baby can be returned to its real family. That’s right; the young couple may not only get to keep their new cell phone but may also get back the baby they sold to buy it!