The three women who allegedly stole a baby from her mother at Kasoa Ofaakor in the Awutu Senya East municipality have been remanded.
The women, Magdalene Nana Adwoa Boafo, 28, Faustina Binney, 32, and a teacher, Eunice Koomson, 36, have been charged with conspiracy to steal a child and stealing.
They, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Counsel for the accused, Abdul Aziz Mohammed, pleaded for bail but the court denied granting them bail.
According to the prosecutor, Inspector Amos Koda, Magdalene first approached the mother of the baby when she was pregnant and selling sachet water by the roadside at Ofaakor.
She reportedly offered to support the mother financially until she delivered the baby.
Magdalene later introduced her to two other suspects.
Together, they rented an apartment at Kasoa Lamptey, a suburb of the Adam Nana Electoral Area for the mother.
To hide their real intentions, the three women continued to assist the young woman until she delivered at the Kasoa Polyclinic on July 10, 2024.
After she was discharged from the health facility, the women reportedly introduced her to another woman they claimed was a nurse at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
The nurse, they said, was supposed to treat the baby for an unknown infection.
However, two days later, they came in tears to inform the mother that the baby had died at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital and had been buried.
The mother’s landlord, Ebenezer Arthur, said he became suspicious of their story and reported the matter to Kasoa DOVVSU leading to their arrest.
In their initial statement to the police, they admitted that they conspired to steal the child for Faustina Binney who had experienced multiple miscarriages and desired a child.