NYC monster mom who beat 7-year-old daughter to death throws tantrum, avoids sentencing again

The monster Bronx mom who beat her 7-year-old daughter to death threw a tantrum in court on Monday — refusing to listen to the tragic girl’s grieving dad and grandmother.It was the second time Navasia Jones had an outburst derailed her sentencing to an agreed-to 15 years in prison for little Julissia Batties’ brutal 2021 death.“I really don’t wish to hear what they have to say,” Jones, 35, screamed at Julius Batties, her ex-partner and the girl’s heartbroken dad.“What you say doesn’t matter to me.”Last month, Jones wouldn’t even walk into the courtroom to face the music when Bronx prosecutors first tried to complete the sentencing part of her plea deal.Jones pleaded guilty to a count of manslaughter for beating her daughter to death in their Bronx apartment — allowing her son, charged with molesting his kid sister, to walk free.“I took responsibility for the sake of my son being released,” Jones shouted as she was being dragged from the courtroom on Monday.It came after her initial refusal to hear Julissia’s father and grandmother deliver victim-impact statements to the court sparked a shouting match with Julius Batties.“I don’t care what you got to say,” he shouted back at her, prompting Jones to snap “You have proof I murdered your daughter, my daughter?”Then, she got into it with the judge.“I don’t want to hear them,” she told Bronx Supreme Court Justice Joseph McCormack.“I’m not interested.”The judge told Jones he was nonetheless allowing Julius Batties and his mother, Yolanda Davis, to speak.“OK, but that doesn’t mean I have to listen to them,” the confessed killer replied, before she was ultimately hauled away by court officers.The judge rescheduled the hearing for June 23.

And he said he was considering whether to scrap the agreed-upon prison term — and instead sentence Jones to up to 25 years behind bars, the maximum for the charge of first-degree manslaughter.Julissia’s half-brother, Paul Fine J...