Boy caned 100 times: Mum charged
A WOMAN is facing a criminal charge of allegedly standing by while her 10-year-old son was caned about 100 times during a marathon beating in 2007.
The 39-year-old woman, who made her second appearance in court yesterday, is accused of handing her husband, the boy's stepfather, two rattan canes which he used to hit the boy.
The child spent eight days in hospital following the two-hour beating.
The woman is not being named to protect the identity of her son.
She is charged under the Children and Young Persons Act with knowingly allowing the boy to be ill-treated.
If convicted, she faces a fine of up to $4,000 and a jail term of up to four years.
Her husband was put behind bars for nine months after he pleaded guilty last November.
He admitted to hitting the boy about 100 times on the buttocks, arms and back in a flat in northern Singapore on Sept 15, 2007.
The child, who had a history of disciplinary problems, was beaten for lying to his teachers.
He has been placed in a home for abused and neglected children.
His mother, a hairstylist, first went before a judge last month, on Dec 26.
The woman, who has a lawyer, is scheduled to be back in court on Jan 19.
She is out on $10,000 bail.
A WOMAN is facing a criminal charge of allegedly standing by while her 10-year-old son was caned about 100 times during a marathon beating in 2007.
The 39-year-old woman, who made her second appearance in court yesterday, is accused of handing her husband, the boy's stepfather, two rattan canes which he used to hit the boy.
The child spent eight days in hospital following the two-hour beating.
The woman is not being named to protect the identity of her son.
She is charged under the Children and Young Persons Act with knowingly allowing the boy to be ill-treated.
If convicted, she faces a fine of up to $4,000 and a jail term of up to four years.
Her husband was put behind bars for nine months after he pleaded guilty last November.
He admitted to hitting the boy about 100 times on the buttocks, arms and back in a flat in northern Singapore on Sept 15, 2007.
The child, who had a history of disciplinary problems, was beaten for lying to his teachers.
He has been placed in a home for abused and neglected children.
His mother, a hairstylist, first went before a judge last month, on Dec 26.
The woman, who has a lawyer, is scheduled to be back in court on Jan 19.
She is out on $10,000 bail.
