Carisa Lee
Reporter
The woman recorded kicking a two-year-old child to the floor in Caroni Savannah Road on Tuesday has been charged with cruelty to a child.
She appeared before a magistrate on Thursday.
According to the head of the Special Victims Department of the Police Claire Guy-Alleyne, the woman was taken for a mental evaluation first.
"She was remanded in custody at St Ann's for a period of 14 days for observation and a report to be generated," she said.
Guy-Alleyne added that the accused is set to reappear in court on April 18 and the matter will be subsequently transferred to Chaguanas 1st magistrate on April 29.
The video, which surfaced on social media on Tuesday, shows a woman screaming at the child to get up, before picking up and then kicking the toddler to the ground.
“Get up, get up,” she shouted at the two-year-old, who remained curled up on the floor after the attack.
A person off camera comments: “Is a little child you kicking dey? What you kicking the child for? You tripping off?”
The public can report and seek support from the relevant authorities, including the National Family Services Division at 623-2608 (ext. 6701-6711) the Police Service (999), the Children’s Authority Hotline (996 or 800-2014), Childline 131 or 800-4321, or the National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-save (7283).