THE mother who is alleged to have thrown her three-weeks-old baby into a drain, in which he drowned, has been charged with murder.

Alexis Felix, 29, appeared before Magistrate Nigel Hawke at Blairmont Court, West Bank Berbice, where she was remanded to prison on Wednesday.

The accused, of Lot 22 Weldaad, West Coast Berbice, has a history of mental illness, her relatives said.

But she showed no signs of emotion when the charge was read to her and the case was transferred to Weldaad Court, for February 18.

The body of the toddler was retrieved from the waterway at a spot identified by the mother.