Father charged with injuring three children after whipping with wire

An East Coast Demerara father was yesterday placed on $150,000 bail after denying charges that he ill-treated and caused bodily injuries to three of his five children.

Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul, who presided at the Better Hope Community Centre, heard that the 43-year-old man on January 17, wilfully ill-treated the three children, ages six, seven and eight years old, causing them injury.

The man, who is a father of two more children, pleaded not guilty to the charges that were read