The mother of 7-year-old Julissia Batties admitted Wednesday that she fatally beat her tiny daughter to death in their Bronx apartment in 2021, but her son — charged with molesting his kid sister — will be allowed to walk free.
Navasia Jones, 35, pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter as part of a deal struck with the Bronx District Attorney’s Office to take full responsibility for Julissia’s death — and to get her son, Paul Fine Jr., off the hook for the girl’s death and alleged sexual assault.
“It’s anticipated that a motion to dismiss will be filed on Friday,” Fine’s lawyer, Deveraux Cannick, said in a phone interview. “Once the motion is filed then the matter of bail will be academic because the charges will be dismissed, and the records will be sealed and Paul Fine, Jr will be free of all charges.
“It’s a done deal, but it’s a matter of formality that the motion must be officially filed and received by the court,” Cannick added…