 Researchers say the fact that the child lived to about the age of six suggests that the community rallied to help the mother to care for the youngster. A former New Zealand MP has been fined US$1,000 for shoplifting in a case that has left a high-profile political career in tatters. Golriz Gaharaman, a refugee from Iran and former human rights lawyer, had already admitted stealing items of clothing. Prosecutors had wanted her jailed.