A 50-year-old woman who was said to be aware that her son was sexually assaulting her teenage daughter, but failed to report the incident, is to be sentenced in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court on July 21.
The woman, Marlene Brown, will also be sentenced for abusing the 16-year-old teenage girl.
The Kingston higgler appeared Tuesday before Senior Magistrate Judith Pusey for sentencing on charges of cruelty to a child and failure to report a crime to the Office of the Children’s Registry, but the sentencing was postponed for the magistrate to check the legislation, which outlines the penalty for failing to report.
The court heard that the teenager told her mother that her brother had molested her. and the mother told her to keep it within the family.
The mother, the court heard, was also aware of other incidents but failed to do anything about it or report it to the police.
On Tuesday when Brown appeared in court, attorney, Hugh Faulknor, told the court that Brown was very remorseful and finally acknowledged that she acted wrongly as a mother.
He told the magistrate to bear in mind that her actions have since resulted in her son being taken into custody and charged.
Brown was also accused of using a lighter to burn her daughter under her eye after the teenager told her that the smoke from her cigarette was affecting her.
The court had also heard that Brown had beaten the teen, causing scars all over her body.
— Tanesha Mundle
Duty mumma!
Very Dutty!!!!
Only reason she feel bad now is because she before di courts..wukliss dutty stinking drancrow..dat a nuh maddah, she fail both har children she was just a vessel fi dem..how and why dear Lord!!!
Guh see di big sowa brute to. Why is she not being whipped wid cat o’nine in addition to sentencing. A bet dis wretch will also be looking minding from her daughter when owl age grip har. Bout dem a madda, even a lion treat dem children betta.
I just pray the daughter nuh lose hope and can go on and lead a fruitful life. She will need counselling, I hope the court provide her with counselling. Too many children have stories like this, dis world is just full of freaking sorrows all ova.