Man gets 30 months jail for burning toddler with lighter

Anil Angnoo

A youth was on Friday sentenced to 30 months behind bars after he pleaded guilty to using a cigarette lighter to burn a two-year-old girl.

19-year-old Anil Angnoo was sentenced by Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh when he appeared at the Albion Magistrate’s Court after he pleaded guilty to the charge that on August 3, at Rose Hall, Corentyne, Berbice, he inflicted grievous bodily harm on the girl.