Sunday, September 28, 2014

Woman who neglected children remanded

A St Catherine woman who left her four children unprotected for days, plead guilty to four counts of negligence in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.

Angella Foster of Point Hill district, St Catherine, is charged with negligence.

When the matter was called up before Resident Magistrate Anmarie Nembhard on September 25, Foster pleaded guilty.

The RM expressed concerns about the accused’s conduct, as she failed to account for two of the victims.

She was subsequently ordered remanded in custody until October 16, when she is to be sentenced.

Allegations are that in March last year, she left her four underage children at home without care and protection.

The police was alerted, and an investigation launched by Detective Corporal Krishna Walker.

She was subsequently charged with negligence.

- R.T.


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Woman who neglected children remanded