A woman accused of tricking two men into believing that they were both the father of a two-month-old baby she took from a friend, appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.

Natanya Chickory, 27, and the biological mother Dahlia Spence, 23, have been slapped with charges of conspiracy to human trafficking, human trafficking, child abandonment and creating public mischief. Both were granted $20,000 bail and will return to court on July 3.

Allegations are that two weeks after the baby was born, Spence agreed to give her baby to Chickory since gunmen had killed her (Spence) baby's father three months before she gave birth. It is also alleged that Chickory wanted to use the baby to get maintenance money from her 'fiancé' in England and her boyfriend in Jamaica.

When Spence returned home after giving birth, the people in the community began to mock her and said she "gave away her baby like a puppy". Spence went to Chickory and told her she wanted to borrow the baby for a few days. Chickory allegedly told her that the baby's father in Jamaica would not allow her to do so.

Spence then reported the matter to the police and following investigations the women were arrested and charged.

The child is now in the State's custody and a warrant was issued for Chickory's 'fiancé'.

"I am so convinced now how women are wicked, I have heard of women giving men 'jackets' and the stealing of babies, however this is a new method to extract money from men," Senior RM Glen Brown said when the allegations were outlined.