KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Sept 27, CMC – A 45 year-old woman will appear in the Family Court on Wednesday after being granted EC$2,000 (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) bail on charges of beating an eight year old child in a manner causing unnecessary injury to his health.
Domestic worker, Mavis Cockburn, appeared before the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court and pleaded not guilty to the charges that between May 1 and September 19, this year, having custody of the minor, she willfully assaulted him in a manner causing unnecessary injury to his health.
Cockburn is also alleged to have assaulted the minor by “beating him with a piece of board and belt about the body,” causing actual bodily harm.
Cockburn was also ordered to have no contact with the complainant and to report to a police station every Wednesday.
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