A teen girl who police said gave birth to a male baby in her room and hid the child in a plastic bag under her bed, was yesterday granted $100,000 bail with a surety in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrates Court.

The 18-year-old accused, a student of Patrick City in St Andrew, is charged with infanticide and concealment of birth, as the child is believed to have died from being placed in the bag.

According to police reports, on June 23 at about 8:45 pm, the teen had the baby in her bedroom and hid the baby in a black plastic bag under her bed. About two hours later she was taken to the University Hospital of the West Indies, where she denied giving birth.

The police said she later confessed to a doctor that she had the baby. The police then contacted family members, who said they were not aware that the teen was pregnant.

The dead baby was reportedly found by the girls stepmother.

The girls father, in his statement, said he took her to the doctor after she cried out for help in her room. He said she told him at that time that she was having a very heavy period.

The father also said in his statement that he had suspected that his daughter was pregnant, but when he confronted her she had denied it and he had not seen any physical evidence.

The teen, who is yet to plead, was offered bail by Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey. She is to return to court on July 28.