ST JAMES, Jamaica – Shamoya Green, the St James woman accused of throwing her five-month-old daughter from the roof of a three-storey building resulting in the baby’s death, has been given a January 24 date to return to court.

The delay is to allow time for an updated fitness to plead report to be prepared.

The date was set when Green, who was charged with murder in February of this year, made a physical appearance in the St James Circuit Court on Wednesday.

The case was transferred from the St James Parish Court to the circuit court on November 5 by Judge Natiesha Fairclough-Hylton.

When the case was called up for the first time in the circuit court, Supreme Court Judge Justice Bertram Morrison was told that a more up-to-date report was needed as the previous two were done in June and July.

On November 5, Green, who was in custody at the South Camp Adult Correctional Centre in Kingston, appeared in court virtually via the Zoom platform.

Before that on September 4, an updated medical report dated July 22, 2024, on Green’s mental and physical health, had shown that she was unfit to plead. The report added that Green is suffering from a seizure disorder, with psychosis as a result of her seizure.

Green is being represented by Attorney-at-law Jillian Haughton.

The seizures and mental health challenges of Green became evident during her first court appearance on March 6, 2024.

At that time, she claimed that she was hearing the voices of her children calling. She also collapsed in the prisoner’s dock and was later revived. As a result, the court ordered that a psychiatric report be undertaken.

Reports are that on December 6, 2023, about 5:35 pm, Green was at home with her common-law husband and other family members when she reportedly asked to have a conversation with the man about their relationship. However, the partner refused to engage in a conversation at that point and differed talks for later that evening.

Green reportedly became enraged and left the room, taking the baby with her to the roof of the building and throwing the child on the concrete pit below in the yard.

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– Anthony Lewis