Mother jailed for burning 9-yr-old over missing money

A mother was yesterday found guilty and sentenced to two years in prison for burning her nine-year-old daughter on the face after questioning the girl about stolen money.

The sentence was handed down by Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond, who conducted the trial of hairdresser Patricia Pasha, which ended yesterday at the Georgetown Magis-trates’ Courts.

The charge against her stated that on January 5, 2013, at 15 Norton and Camp streets, Georgetown, she inflicted grievous bodily harm on