The Crown is appealing the sentence of a kidnapper who snatched a newborn baby from her cot.
The teenager was discharged without conviction for her part in the kidnapping, but the Crown argues that's unreasonable.
Sydnee Toulapapa took an 11-day-old baby girl from her Epsom home as her parents slept.
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Toulapapa had been talked into the kidnapping by the baby's nanny, and was subsequently discharged without conviction in April.
The Crown told the court that Justice Woodhouse's sentence was too light for the gravity of the offending, and too much weight was put on her future job prospects.
"There was no evidence that convictions would blight Ms Toulapapa's chances of securing reasonable employment," Crown lawyer James Carruthers said.
"He reached a conclusion that was plainly unreasonable in the circumstances."
Toulapapa was allegedly duped into taking the baby by her cousin, Nadene Manukau-Togiavalu, who concocted an elaborate plan to convince family and friends that it was her child.
Toulapapa's defence lawyer argued the discharge without conviction was entirely appropriate.
"This was a thorough, careful and compassionate decision. His honour the judge said she aided out of distress, naivety, loyalty and fear," her Defence lawyer Nick Chisnall.
The Court of Appeal judges have reserved their decision.
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