Mother admits to abandoning baby on road

A woman was yesterday remanded to prison on a child endangerment charge after she told a city court that she dumped her baby on a road because she did not want the child anymore.

The court of city magistrate Faith McGusty heard that on September 20, at West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, Jewel Coats, 35, by commission or omission willfully endangered a child in contravention of  the Protection of Children Act 2009.

Coats initially pleaded guilty to the charge