The beating granny at Tain Corentyne Berbice was arrested Tuesday afternoon and taken into custody at the Whim police station following media reports of her abusing the 9-year-old child of her late daughter.
The motherless girl has been reportedly enduring physical and emotional abuse by the woman who was expected to care for her and another sibling after their father abandoned, soon after their mother’s funeral.
On Tuesday we learned that Inspector Ian Welch of the Albion Police Station was so moved by the child’s plight that he acted immediately after seeing the video and made his way over to the home of the grandmother.
Welch along with inspector Altia Solomon took the grandmother in for questioning and she admitted to repeatedly ‘beating’ the older child for what she deemed ‘bad behaviour’.
She was then placed in the lockups and a police investigation has been launched into the matter.
The children are now left with their aunt who has reportedly condoned the abuse. Child Care Services in Berbice has finally launched a serious investigation into the incident following repeated calls from this newscast about the child.
The children’s mother died about five years ago due to pregnancy complications and their father disappeared shortly after.