Child mistreated

Press, 20 October 1980, Page 30

Child mistreated

PA Auckland; A woman whose child.? aged three, was found under-; nourished, with open weep-' d ing sores and extensive bruising of the body. was j vj convicted by Judge Richard-: Ljson in the District Court at -(Otahuhu yesterday and re-; demanded for sentence, e! Gloria Waikato, aged 25. a d ■ housewife. of Otahuhu. ■ admitted wilfully mistreating? eiClecia Waikato in a manner r ilikely to cause injury toi ! y Senior Sergeant W. J. ' iTrembath said that on Octon'ber S police had found jlClecia sitting on the kitchen s floor of Mrs Waikato’s j I home. ’1 Police found she had open ■ ’ weeping sores and - severe s| bruising of the body, her 1 clothes were blood-stained i'and they said she was dirty and unkempt. : Clecia was taken to J Middlemore Hospital and then by ambulance to the a pediatric ward of Princess “ Mary Hospital. It was estab- ’ lished that she had three f large haematomas on her body. extensive bruising, 1 sores, and it was said her arm had earlier been frac3 tured, probably by a strong '■ blow. 1 The hospital said Clecia e was undernourished and starving when admitted and S she was mentally and physi--1 cally retarded for her age. The . Judge remanded ■ Waikato on bail until Octol > ber 30 for a probation report d and sentence. r ■