-act of parental control, says lawyer
A man was yesterday charged after he allegedly used a belt to administer a beating to his teenage son, resulting in injuries to his back.
But what police called an unlawful assault on the 13-year-old, the accused’s lawyer dubbed an act of parental control, when the case was called before Magistrate Leron Daley at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
The accused pleaded not guilty and was released on bail in the sum of $25,000, but the magistrate did order the intervention of a probation officer to investigate claims that