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A mother given a criminal record for leaving her six-year-old son home alone for 45 minutes has told how it has �destroyed� her reputation and career. She was given a police caution for �child cruelty� when she left her son at home while she had a driving lesson in 2006. Eight years on she is battling to have it removed from her records, saying it has left her feeling �ostracised� and like a �hardened criminal�.