Halle Berry has lashed out at a paparazzo she claims wandered onto private property to get shots of the actress and her baby.

The new mum fired off a brief statement to the media on Friday, claiming shots of her holding four-month-old Nahla Ariela Aubry in her back garden were taken by a trespasser.

Berry flew into a rage when she saw the pictures on the Internet and in two celebrity magazines, and has refuted claims the shots were taken while she was "out and about in Los Angeles."

Her attorney, Evan Spiegel, has filed a criminal complaint and an investigation is reportedly underway.

Spiegel claims he has witnesses who saw the photographers conducting a "very blatant and invasive trespass."