In Barbados, a young woman who filmed herself “choking” her one-year-old daughter to get the attention of the father has admitted her guilt and is now spending one month in prison on remand.
The tearful mother was warned by this island’s Chief Magistrate that children must not be used as pawns in any situation after she explained that she had made the video ill-treating her child simply to get the attention of the child’s father.
Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes told Shanice Nikita Alicia Reece that the fact that you did not understand that your child should not be used as a pawn to get his attention tells me you have some serious work to be done and we have to work seriously with you.
He however assured the court that while Reece would get the necessary help and counselling, she would have to “reflect” on her actions during a short period of remand at Dodds, pending her sentencing.
After Sergeant Victoria Taitt gave the court the details of what happened, Reece, who admitted her actions were “wrong”, said: “The video was not supposed to go viral. I just send it to the father to get his attention. I wasn’t trying to hurt my child.”
The prosecutor disclosed that the baby resided with her father, with whom Reece has an intimate relationship. However, the man is also involved with another woman.
