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SINGAPORE: A former infant care teacher was sentenced to 14 months’ jail on Wednesday (Jul 8) for force-feeding a toddler until she vomited.<\/p>\n
When an informant reported that child abuse was taking place at the preschool, a review of closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage revealed that the same teacher had been rough towards two babies.<\/p>\n
The 37-year-old Singaporean woman pleaded guilty to one charge of ill-treating a child in her care, with another two similar charges taken into consideration.<\/p>\n
The woman cannot be named as the court imposed gag orders on her identity and the identity of the victim, which covers the name of the preschool.<\/p>\n
The court heard that the woman was an infant care teacher at the preschool from 2022 to Oct 2, 2024.<\/p>\n
She was tasked with caring for about 10 infants who were aged between two and 18 months. Her duties included changing diapers, feeding and conducting activities and lessons.<\/p>\n
A couple enrolled their daughter at the school from February 2024.<\/p>\n
On Sep 23, 2024, the woman was caring for the girl, who was then 12 months old, along with three other infants.<\/p>\n
At about 11.50am that day, the woman took the four children into the preschool’s nap room to drink milk and sleep.<\/p>\n
Each child was placed on a mattress and given a milk bottle to drink from.<\/p>\n
At about 11.56am, the victim stopped drinking but left milk in her bottle.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The teacher noticed this and put the bottle back in the girl’s mouth. The girl turned her head away and refused to drink.<\/p>\n
The teacher took the child into her lap and tried to feed her again, but the girl would not drink. Instead, she began to cry.<\/p>\n
The teacher held the bottle to the girl’s mouth a few times but the toddler refused to drink. She struggled, turning her head around and kicking.<\/p>\n
The teacher then placed the child back on her mattress and patted her back a few times to calm her down so that she could finish her milk.<\/p>\n
After trying a few more times, the teacher used her hand to hold the child’s head while pushing the bottle into her mouth.<\/p>\n
She also pressed down on her head and force-fed the child by squeezing milk into her mouth.<\/p>\n
The toddler spat the milk out. When she later struggled, the teacher hit her body with her hand.<\/p>\n
The teacher then force-fed the victim for two minutes, causing the child to kick her legs and swing her arms.<\/p>\n
The child vomited over the mattress and floor after the teacher briefly removed the bottle.<\/p>\n
In response, the teacher hit the child’s head with her hand, pulled her upwards by her hands and carried her off the mattress in order to remove the bedsheet.<\/p>\n
The woman hit the victim’s back three times before taking the child out of the room.<\/p>\n
She later admitted to doing these acts as she was upset that the toddler was crying a lot.<\/p>\n
On Sep 26, 2024, an unidentified informant reported child abuse at the school.<\/p>\n
Preschool staff reviewed the CCTV footage and uncovered numerous incidents involving the accused and another staff member.<\/p>\n
The accused was fired that same day, and the other staff member was fired a few days later.<\/p>\n
The school referred the case to the Early Childhood Development Agency, which conducted further investigations against the pair.<\/p>\n
The accused’s acts were captured on CCTV. The footage also revealed that she had committed rough acts against a 10-month-old girl and an eight-month-old boy on Sep 25, 2024.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor sought 14 to 16 months’ jail for the woman, saying that children are unable to fend for themselves and are among the most vulnerable members of society.<\/p>\n
He said the accused’s actions exhibited a high degree of callousness as she kept making the child drink milk even though the victim showed numerous signs that she did not want to.<\/p>\n
For ill-treating a child in her care, the woman could have been jailed for up to eight years, fined up to S$8,000 (US$6,200), or both.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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