SINGAPORE: A 40-year-old person has been charged with repeatedly hitting a 1-year girl, leaving bruises on her right face.
According to gag orders the court issued to protect the victim’s identity, the woman never been identified.
On March 15 of this year, at around 5 p.m., she was given one matter of mistreating a baby.
The judge enquired as to the relationship between the accused and the target when the counsel requested that the gag order be imposed.
The victim was in the maintenance of the child care provider, and the location is the center, the prosecutor retorted.
He declared that the trial was prepared to move forward with a second charge.
The girl claimed she intended to enter a guilty plea and would not be hiring counsel while remaining silent while listening to the proceedings.
In January, she was given the option to enter a criminal plea.
According to the Children and Young Persons Act, a person can be sentenced to eight years in prison, fined up to S$ 8, 000, or both if she is found guilty of mistreating the baby in her attention.