Kingston, Jamaica — Anneisha Ramsay, the girl who pleaded responsible to stealing a five-week-old child in 2019 after allegedly agreeing to undertake the toddler for $500,000, was handed a two-year suspended sentence this afternoon within the Dwelling Circuit Courtroom.
Justice Leighton Pusey, in delivering the sentence, acknowledged the gravity of the crime however dominated {that a} non-custodial sentence was acceptable. He famous that Ramsay was indirectly concerned within the abduction of the infant and had no prior prison report. The court docket additionally thought of a optimistic social inquiry report and the truth that Ramsay was in a state of emotional misery after dropping her personal baby on the time of the incident.
Ramsay pleaded responsible to baby stealing final December.
The case stemmed from the kidnapping of child Nyyear Frank on October 13, 2019, whereas his mom was strolling alongside Rousseau Street in St. Andrew. She was reportedly compelled right into a car by males who later took the toddler earlier than releasing her.
Authorities found the infant in Ramsay’s care on January 22, 2020, at a home in Hopewell, St. Andrew, resulting in her arrest.
Courtroom information revealed that Ramsay had been in touch with a person who offered her with the infant earlier than the kidnapping. She has maintained that she was unaware the kid had been stolen when she agreed to undertake him.
Ramsay claimed she was misled by a good friend who instructed her he knew somebody concerned in adoptions and will assist her get a toddler. In response to her, she was unable to make the required cost, however her good friend assured her a cost plan could possibly be organized. She additional alleged that when she later turned suspicious and tried to return the infant, her good friend blocked all contact along with her.
Ramsay was represented by attorney-at-law Kayon Atkinson.
The case highlights the continuing dangers surrounding unlawful adoptionsy and baby trafficking, with the court docket sending a message concerning the severity of such crimes whereas additionally contemplating Ramsay’s private circumstances.
