Woman charged with 'stabbing' 6-year-old boy with pen at childcare centre
The boy suffered abrasions on his scalp and over his eyebrow ridge.
The State Courts of Singapore (File Photo: CNA/Jeremy Long)
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SINGAPORE: A woman was charged on Friday (May 24) with "stabbing" a six-year-old boy repeatedly with a pen at a childcare centre, leaving marks on his face and scalp.
The 43-year-old woman was handed one count of ill-treating a child under her care under the Children and Young Persons Act.
The court issued a wide-ranging gag order that forbids publication of the victim's identity, the accused's identity and the location of the incident.
According to the charge sheet, the woman is an Indian national and a Singapore permanent resident.
The boy was in her care at about 3pm on Nov 16, 2022 at the childcare centre when she allegedly stabbed his head several times with a pen.
As a result, the boy suffered a 1cm-long abrasion on his scalp, a 2cm-long abrasion over his eyebrow ridge and a 1.5cm-long abrasion over his scalp.
The woman indicated that she would be pleading guilty.
She was offered bail of S$15,000 and her case will be heard again in June.
If convicted of ill-treating a child under her care, she could be jailed for up to eight years, fined up to S$8,000, or both.
