Infant-care teacher admits abusing 1-year-old child, left extensive bruise on his back

On Friday , the 54-year-old woman — who appeared in court in a wheelchair — pleaded guilty to ill-treating a child under the Children and Young Persons Act.

In the immediate aftermath, she observed a big red patch was visibly forming on the boy’s back. She then saw an hour later that it was turning blue. By doing this, she tried to characterise the injuries as having arisen from the boy’s purported skin sensitivity, as well as accidental force on her part.

In seeking 12 months’ jail, DPP Tan said that the teacher had subjected the toddler to “cruel and unwarranted abuse, but he noted that the injury was not permanent. The defence counsel, who asked for not more than six months’ jail, said that his client had a good relationship with the boy’s family before the offence.

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