Following a trial in the New Amsterdam Magistrate Court before Magistrate Alex Moore, a mother of thirteen, from the East Bank of Berbice was found guilty of three counts of child neglect, last week Monday.
Venus Lalloo, also known as ‘Anita’, 35, of Lot 19, Edinburgh Village, East Bank Berbice, had pleaded not guilty to all three charges, which alleged that she willfully contributed to her children, ages five, seven and ten, being in the need of protective intervention.
The court ruled that Lalloo was guilty of the charges. The unrepresented woman was fine $100,000, on each charge, a total of $300,000.
