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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

24-year-old man charged with ill-treating toddler

A man has been charged with ill-treating a child.

The 24-year-old man is the boyfriend of the victim's aunt.

He allegedly abused his position while the two-year-old child was under his care.

The man, who cannot be named, is accused of hitting the toddler with a clothes hanger and scalding his foot with a heated iron some time on 7 Jan last year. The incident occurred at a flat along Teck Whye Lane.

If convicted, the man can be fined up to S$4,000 or serve up to four years in jail, or both.

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