Police have arrested a 20-year-old woman accused of throwing her 10-month-old son over a fence because of a dispute she had with the baby's father, THE STAR has learnt.

The woman, Felicia Brookes, a labourer from Sligoville, St Catherine, has been charged with child abuse, police say. She is booked to face the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court next week Tuesday to answer to the charge.

Police told THE STAR that about 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Brookes went to the home of her child's father to deal with a domestic matter. An argument developed between them, the police say, and she left in 'a huff' to her home where she picked up her 10-month-old son and returned.

Having returned to the father's home, the baby was thrown over the fence and the father told to "hold this man".

suffered head injuries

Police say the child hit the ground and suffered head injuries and had to be rushed to the Spanish Town Hospital where he received a number of stitches and was admitted in a serious condition.

Brookes, the police further say, went to the institution and reported that the child fell and hit his head, however, following investigation by Detective Corporal Kirk Roache, she was taken into custody and later charged.

Just a day before this incident, a man from Church Pen, St Catherine, was taken into custody after he was accused of throwing his three-month-old baby into a wall, resulting in the child's death. The man and the child's mother reportedly had a dispute when the incident happened.