A furious Halle Berry has vowed to keep her daughter out of the public eye after accusing a paparazzo of trespassing on her property to take photos of her baby.

After pictures of Halle cradling the four-month-old in a back garden were published on various internet sites this week, the Oscar-winning actress released a statement saying images of her child were not for sale.

The stunning actress and her model boyfriend Gabriel Aubry have refused to follow the celebrity trend for selling exclusive photos of their newborns to the highest bidder.

After a stormy-faced Halle was pictured out and about in Los Angeles on Thursday, looking trim in a bright top and jeans, she released a statement denouncing the photographer who snapped the exclusive picture of her baby.

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Toned: A trim Halle Berry has shed her baby weight four months after giving birth

Halle said: 'I have long since come to terms with the fact that choosing a career as an actress has made me a public figure, but my baby has made no such choice, and unless and until she does, I will do everything I can ... to keep her out of the public eye.'

The actress' lawyer said she is seeking criminal charges against the photographer in question, who she has accused of trespassing on private property.

Halle follows in the footsteps of fellow new mother Nicole Kidman, who has also refused to sell photos of her baby Sunday Rose.

Meanwhile, Jennifer Lopez and husband Marc Anthony signed a reported £3million deal in March with America's People magazine for images of their twins Max and Emme.

And following the birth to Jolie and Brad Pitt's twins Knox and Vivienne in France on July 12th, the first pictures of the babies had reportedly been sold for £6million to an unnamed US magazine.

How she looked: Halle Berry out and about shopping in Malibu, California shortly before giving birth in March

Pictured on Thursday, the 41-year-old looked stunning dressed down in jeans and a red-pink top on her way to visiting a friend in Studio City.

Nahla, who was born in a Los Angeles hospital, means 'honey bee' in Arabic.

Speaking in May, Halle said she believed motherhood would transform her career.

She said: 'I feel having a baby will open up a whole new world for me. I think I'll actually find better roles, because I've gotten past being the ingenue and sex symbol.

'I'm definitely going to work less. I used to put so much pressure on myself to succeed that it often made me very unhappy in my personal life. I felt on the verge of burning out three or four years ago.'

Earlier this month, Halle beat Jennifer Lopez and Jessica Alba to be crowned Hottest New Mama in a poll by Parade magazine.

She wisely refused to bow down to media pressure and shed her baby weight through crash dieting, over-exercising or surgery and instead lost the extra pounds the healthy way.

In May, Halle was pictured showing her post-baby rounded stomach, prompting a positive response from most new mothers, who often fail to achieve their pre-baby figure in the record time demonstrated by many celebrity mums.