mother left her crying one-year-old child locked in the car while she gambled on the pokies.

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The 37-year-old mother left her baby girl locked in the parked car outside the MiHi Tavern, at Brassall, west of Brisbane, on February 5 for at least half an hour.

A witness found the sweaty, screaming and crying girl in the car, which had the front windows open only three centimetres, about 9.20pm.

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The tavern's manager forcibly pushed the windows down so he could unlock the car and open the doors.

He then called on the tavern's PA system for the mother to attend the bar but no one came. A short time later, the mum was seen rushing outside to her car.