A woman has left many people in shock after she allegedly attacked her only daughter by pouring hot oil on her.
The little girl after the incident
A heartless mother has been who locked her daughter inside a room before spilling hot oil on her left fingers, has been forced to appear in a court on Wednesday.
Fatmata Sesay appeared before Magistrate Dr. Abubakar Binneh Kamara at Court No.1 in Freetown, Sierra Leone charged with the offence of child cruelty, contrary to Section (4) sub section (1a) of the prevention of cruelty to children Act of the laws of Sierra Leone.
According to police report, the mother on the 25th of September 2016 is accused of cruelly treating her daughter, Adama Conteh, at 24 Guard Street in the east of Freetown leading to her inflicting serious bodily harm.
Revealing details of the incident, Assistant Superintendent of Police Samuel Kamara, Detective Police Constable, DPC, Alie Koroma, told the court that he was attached at the Family Support Unit, Kissy Police Post and recognized the accused person.
He further told the court that he recognized the victim, Adama Conteh, and recalled the incident of 3 October 2016, stating that on the above date the victim was accompanied to the Family Support Unit at Kissy Police Post by a member of the community and a report was made on her behalf in respect of the incident. He said a police medical request form was issued to the victim, which was endorsed by the police referral doctor.
According to him, photographs of the victim were taken by DPC 4559 Mansaray Y.C and the negatives were developed into pictures, which had since been in the custody of the police and that the pictures were produced and tendered in evidence as was demanded by the prosecutor.
DPC Koroma also stated that on the same date DPC Kamara and a team of police officers arrested and brought in the accused to the police station, who was later cautioned and questioned in Krio.
He furthered that the accused made responses in Krio, which was recorded down in English, and at the end of the interview the statement was read over and explained to him, which he admitted to be true and correct, and signed in her right hand thump print.
The prosecuting officer, ASP Samuel Kamara requested for an adjournment on the grounds to enable him bring forward his witness in the case. The matter was adjourned to today 2 December 2016.