Accused baby abductor gets Gy$300,000 bail

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Baitoon Hussain
Baitoon Hussain

Forty-seven-year-old Baitoon Hussain, who is accused of kidnapping Yuvesh Bistonauth called “Baby Avi” was granted bail in the sum of Gy$300,000 by Justice Brassington Reynolds after her Attorney Rodwell Jagmohan made an application for bail through the Berbice High Court.

Attorney Jagmohan, in his bail application, stated that the offence is a bailable one and that his client is not a flight risk. However, Prosecutor Renita Singh noted that the offence is a serious one. The infant was nine days old at the time he was kidnapped.

Singh added that Hussain lives at Mahdia and there is a possibility that she may not return to court. In granting bail, Justice Brassington ordered that the woman report to the Whim Police Station every Monday.

On June 2, Hussain called “Debbie” of Chesney, Corentyne and of Mahdia was charged under Chapter 18:01 Section 19 for child stealing and was remanded to prison when she made her first court appearance at the Whim Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh.

On May 24, Hussain lured the mother of the child, Sandra McLean called “Pinky” to Rose Hall Town under the pretence that she had a special interest in the child. Hussain then took the young mother to the Port Mourant Market where she disappeared with the infant.

The baby was found nine days later after Police, acting on an anonymous tip, closed in on a Chesney home where the woman and child were found. She was arrested and allegedly confessed to the crime and was remanded to prison.

She made two court appearances and bail was refused on both occasions, prompting her Attorney to move to the High Court.

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