Woman charged for allegedly stealing baby

(Kaieteur News) – A 20-year-old Venezuelan national has been remanded to prison on a child-stealing charge after allegedly taking a seven-month-old infant left in her care in Region One and travelling with the baby to Ogle without the mother’s knowledge or permission.

The woman, Dariana Figuera, a babysitter of White Water Village, North West District, was charged with Child Stealing, contrary to Section 90(a) of the Criminal Law (Offences) Act, Chapter 8:01.

Figuera appeared virtually before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh at the Port Kaituma Magistrate’s Court, where the charge was read to her. She was not required to plead.