CHILD TIED UP IN ANTS' NEST

Concerned citizens in Allman Town in central Kingston yesterday called police to the home in the community where a seven-year-old child was tied up in an ants nest as punishment.

The police who went to the residence made the shocking discovery after residents called them when they saw the child left outside for several hours.

It is alleged that the child was being punished and so was chained up outside the yard in an ants nest. It is reported that this was not the first time the child was being ill-treated, and has suffered other forms of abuse, including being burnt.

MOTHER ARRESTED

The mother of the child and the landlord for the premises where the abuse took place were arrested and charged with child abuse.

Both persons and the child were immediately taken to the Family Court yesterday and the child was removed from the home and put into a place of safety.

The police also had to call a locksmith to remove the chains that were attached to the child's leg. The mother and landlord are to return to court on June 24.

ooo I saw this yesterday in the paper I think .. What kind of ANNIE PALMER Mentality is that sheeessss...... poor kid ... not even calamine lotion gonna help any time soon. Those parents deserve a couple years of hard labour and a course in parenting

damn thats harsh, the parents are crazy

wat cud that child have done to deserve that...boy dem ppl here sick
mi neva know mad ppl a have pickney but dem one here clearly mad or deh pon likkle cheap substance