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Wednesday, July 16, 2025

I beat my daughter with pot spoon, not broom stick—mom

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Sascha Wilson
1817 days ago
20200724

Sascha Wil­son

A Princes Town moth­er, ac­cused of beat­ing her daugh­ter, claimed she used a pot spoon and not a broom stick to in­flict the blows.

The 26-year-old Princes Town woman plead­ed guilty to com­mit­ing cru­el­ty against a child dur­ing a vir­tu­al hear­ing be­fore Princes Town Mag­is­trate In­di­ra Misir-Go­sine on Thurs­day.

She said she was cor­rect­ing her daugh­ter.

How­ev­er, af­ter pros­e­cu­tor Sgt Mar­lon Bruce read the facts, the moth­er claimed she used a pot spoon and not a broom stick to beat the child.

Based on this, Princes Town mag­is­trate In­di­ra Misir-Go­sine en­tered a not guilty plea and grant­ed her $5,000 own bail.

She was ar­rest­ed by of­fi­cers of the Child Pro­tec­tion Unit af­ter a re­port was made about the in­ci­dent on Ju­ly 11.

It was re­port­ed that a mi­nor was dealt sev­er­al blows to her body with a broom, which caused in­jury to her shoul­ders, fore­arms, wrist and bel­ly.

The child was re­moved from the house and placed in the care of her fa­ther.

WPC Quashie-Gay con­duct­ed en­quires and last wednes­day the moth­er was ar­rest­ed.

The ex­er­cise was head­ed by Supt George and ASP Sookdeo and su­per­vised by In­sp In­sp Fran­cis. The mat­ter was ad­journed to Au­gust 5.


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