A 35-YEAR-OLD mother who dumped her baby on a roadway because she did not want the child anymore was on Tuesday ordered to pay a fine of $100,000 by City Magistrate Faith McGusty or she will have to serve three months’ imprisonment.Jewel Coats of West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, was charged with willfully endangering a child on September 20 in contravention of the Protection of Children Act 2009.

Coats had pleaded guilty to the charge during her initial appearance on September 23. However, when the magistrate asked the woman why she had left the child on the side of the road, she said, “I did not want it anymore. Let it stay with the father.”

The mother also detailed her frustrations and cited problems with the baby’s father. However the child’s father testified on Tuesday and told the court that he and Coats had no problem before she left their house on that day.

A family member of the accused told the court that she followed Coats as she proceeded with the baby through West Ruimveldt. She saw the mother throw the baby onto the roadway and walk away. But when a pit bull dog approached the infant the mother then turned back, picked up the baby and ran away.

The family member said she ran behind Coats and found her at a corner once again throwing the child onto the road and leaving it behind. The infant was picked up and taken to the East Ruimveldt Police Outpost.