KINGSTON, Jamaica – A medical doctor is to face the court for he allegedly attempted to register a woman’s newborn baby as the offspring of another couple.

The police on Wednesday arrested and charged 54-year-old Shaun Wynter of Millsborough Close in Kingston with forgery and conspiracy to defraud.

According to police reports, a woman gave birth to a child last year and consented to giving the newborn to a couple she felt could provide better care for the child. 

The couple then reportedly submitted documents to have the child falsely registered as being their birth child. The documents stated that the child was born during a home delivery under Wynter’s supervision.

However, checks made revealed that the child had already been registered to the birth mother. The matter was reported to the Fraud Squad, an investigation launched and Wynter arrested and charged.

He is scheduled to appear in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court Wednesday, October 7.