The Awutu Bereku District Court has remanded into Police custody, a 26-year-old mother, Barikisu Amadu Maria who dumped her two-week-old baby in a public toilet at Goma Postin in the Gomoa East district of the Central Region.
This was after Barikisu appeared before the court presided over by Her justice Naomi Kuntor on Thursday, November 10, 2022.
Maria was arrested by the Gomoa Dominase District Police Command on Wednesday for dumping her baby into a public toilet at Potsin Junction over what she said was the prevailing economic hardship.
During the proceedings, the Police told the court the toilet was 18 feet deep.
The Police however pleaded with the court to remand the suspect to prevent her from committing suicide.
Barikisu Amadu Maria is expected to reappear before the court on 22nd November 2022.
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