BREAKING: Tiffany Meek's bail application DENIED
The magistrate suggested that the accused has the ability to obstruct justice in the case.
Meek is accused of killing her 11-year-old son, Jayden-Lee, days after Mother's Day in May.
In addition to a murder charge, she is accused of defeating the ends of justice, crimen injuria, and obstructing the course of justice.
She has been remanded in police custody since her arrest on Friday, 11 July.
During the 31-year-old's bail application, the state prosecutor said there is prima facie evidence linking Meek to her son's murder. The 11-year-old was found on the staircase outside his apartment building. Thereafter, he was declared dead upon arrival at the hospital.
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