PATRICIA Pashur of Lot 151 East La Penitence, Georgetown appeared before Georgetown Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond to answer a charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm on her 10-year-old daughter.

After a trial, the unrepresented thirty-one-year-old hair dresser was found guilty as charged, and was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for the offence.

Police Corporal Jomo Nichols, prosecuting, said the woman accused her daughter of stealing some $1000 bills and denying the accusation when confronted by her mother.

Pashur then placed a knife to heat on a stove, and used it to burn her daughter to the face and other parts of her body, leaving permanent scars.

The child was then nine years old and they were living at Lot 15 Norton and Camp Streets, Georgetown. The court was informed that all three of the woman’s children have been placed in state custody.

The prosecutor said that the child’s injuries were severe, and that there were other disciplinary actions her mother could have taken that were less harsh than the one she had taken.

He said that putting the woman away would not affect her family, since her children have already been placed in the state’s care.
Written By Geeta Rampersaud