Former babysitter jailed 14 months for endangering toddler

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The Kajang Sessions Court on Tuesday (Sept 24) slapped a former babysitter at a childcare center with a 14-month jail sentence for endangering a 17 month-old girl under her care.  Judge Mazuliana Abdul Rashid meted out the sentence after 24-year-old Nor A'in Ismail maintained her guilty plea.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The Kajang Sessions Court on Tuesday slapped a former babysitter at a child care centre

00:07with a 14-month jail sentence for endangering a 17-month-old girl under her care.

00:13Judge Mazuliana Abdul Rashid meted out the sentence after 24-year-old Noor Ain Ismail

00:19maintained her guilty plea.

00:23The offence was committed at the child care centre in Bandar Makota, Cheras, at 4.15pm

00:28on May 28.

00:30She was charged under Section 31, Subsection 1A of the Child Act, 2001, which carries a

00:38maximum fine of 50,000 ringgit or jail, not more than 20 years or both.

00:43Noor Ain, who was eight months pregnant when she was first charged in June, was ordered

00:48to serve her sentence immediately.

00:51The court also imposed a two-year good behaviour bond and ordered the accused to perform 120

00:57hours of community service upon completing her jail sentence.

01:03It was reported that the babysitter had forcefully stuffed food into the child's mouth and also

01:08pulled her hair.

01:10The child's mother lodged a police report after receiving videos and photos of the alleged

01:15incident from a former employee of the centre via WhatsApp.

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