Woman admits assaulting daughter

A woman was sentenced to six months' supervision by Judge Bernadette Farnan in the Queenstown District Court on Friday, after she admitted assaulting her child over a period of four years.

The woman, who was granted final name suppression, initially denied four charges against her, of assaulting the girl, now aged 11, by slapping, punching and kicking her about the body between April 21, 2011 and April 30, 2012; and between December 1 and December 25, 2015; punching and kicking her about the body between January 1, 2014 and November 30, 2015; and assaulting the child with intent to injure her by slapping and punching her in the head on several occasions.

The trial began on Thursday, but on Friday morning the woman admitted a representative charge of assaulting the child between April 21, 2011 and December 12, 2015. Police withdrew the remaining charges.

 

 

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