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A Stockfarm woman, who attempted to murder her new born baby by placing and abandoning the infant in her neighbor\u2019s pit toilet, has been sentenced by the High Court of Justice.<\/p>\nA Stockfarm woman, who attempted to murder her new born baby by placing and abandoning the infant in her neighbor\u2019s pit toilet, has been sentenced by the High Court of Justice.<\/p>\n
Jachlena Spliffee received a five-year sentence, of which two years has been suspended for two years.<\/p>\n
She will spend a total of two years and one month in prison as her 11 months she spent on remand at the state prison has been regarded as time she already served. Her sentence takes effect yesterday.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred on May 18, 2006. The baby was discovered that night when Spliffee\u2019s neighbor went to use the toilet and found the infant crying inside the latrine. The Fire and Ambulance department and police were alerted and the baby was taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n
The defendant had pleaded guilty to the crime on November 23, and appeared for sentencing on Monday.<\/p>\n
In presenting her sentence Justice Birnie Stephenson-Brooks read through the details of the case along with statements related to matters agreed upon by both the defense and prosecution. A social welfare report was also conducted.<\/p>\n
The crime was said to be a serious one for which the sentence must reflect that.<\/p>\n
The reports revealed that Spliffee was one of nine children who had gotten involved with the wrong company. She was also said to have been abused by her boyfriend. The incident had occurred when she was 20 and already had four children.<\/p>\n
The prosecution was represented by Athlyn Nesty while Bernadette Lambert stood for the defendant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Stockfarm woman, who attempted to murder her new born baby by placing and abandoning the infant in her neighbor\u2019s pit toilet, has been sentenced by the High Court of Justice. Jachlena Spliffee received a five-year sentence, of which two…","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime-court-law"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n