by Elena Chong
A FORMER Aetos auxiliary officer was jailed for 15 months on
Wednesday for biting and slapping a two-year-old girl under his
care.
The 53-year-old man, who cannot be named as there is a gag
order, bit the child on her left thigh between late December 2009
and early January last year as he felt irritated with the victim
for disturbing his sleep.
In early January last year, he was at home with her when she
dropped her milk bottle on the floor several times.
He became irritated and proceeded to slap her four to five
times. Later, when the victim interrupted him as he was about to
sleep, he bit her on the right side of the neck and left a bite
mark.
The court heard that initially the child was under the care of
her godfather until his wife left home with the victim after a
dispute and took her to the home of the accused and his wife in
December 2009.
The accused, who had pleaded guilty to ill-treating the child,
could have been fined up to $4,000 and/or jailed for up to four
years on each charge.