An 18-year-old woman, accused of giving birth and then stuffing the baby into a plastic bag and hiding it under her bed, was granted $100,000 bail with a surety in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.

The accused, charged with infanticide, appeared before Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey.

Allegations are that on June 25, about 8:45 p.m., the teen, a student, gave birth to a baby boy but did not want anyone to know she had been pregnant. The child was placed in a plastic bag and hid under her bed. Sometime after 11 p.m. she fell ill and told her father to take her to the hospital because she was having a heavy period. At the University Hospital she was examined and it was confirmed that she had given birth.

It is alleged that when the doctor contacted family members, they said they did not know she was pregnant. The dead baby was found by a relative during a search.