Natalie recently acted for the Defendant, who was charged with one count of “Assault by those in charge of a child or young person”. The charge was that, during a dispute at the family residence, the Defendant used force against her daughter, X. In the course of the dispute, the Defendant pulled X’s hair, causing her to fall to the ground, stepped on her head once, and struck her mouth with a spatula. The matter came to light after X disclosed the incident to her school.

The Defendant subsequently surrendered herself to the police and was arrested. Under caution, the Defendant admitted that she had hit X’s lips once. The Defendant was thereafter charged with assault by those in charge of a child or young person.

Following representations made on behalf of the Defendant to the Department of Justice, the Department agreed to offer no evidence against her, on the condition that she be dealt with by way of a bind-over. The learned Magistrate accordingly imposed bind-over order on the Defendant.

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林儆恩大律師最近在一宗刑事案中代表被告，該被告被控一項「對所看管兒童或少年人虐待或忽略」罪名。控罪指稱，被告於家庭住所內與其女兒 X 發生爭執期間，曾對 X 使用武力。於爭執過程中，被告拉扯 X 的頭髮，致其倒地，並曾以腳踩踏其頭部一次，以及以鍋鏟擊打其口部。事件其後因 X 向學校披露有關情況而揭發。

被告其後向警方自首並被拘捕。在警誡下，被告承認曾擊打 X 的嘴唇一次。其後，被告被正式控以對所看管兒童或少年人虐待或忽略罪。

在代表被告向律政司作出陳述後，律政司同意對被告不提出證據，惟條件是被告須以守行為（bind-over）方式處理。裁判官遂對被告作出守行為命令。

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