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Mum cleared of beating deaf tot - News - getreading - Reading Evening Post
A 34-year-old mum from Tilehurst who denied assaulting her deaf toddler by beating him has been acquitted.
The mother, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was accused of dragging her three-year-old son across a road and then kicking him three times after a row with her ex-boyfriend – the boy’s father – outside his flat, Reading Magistrates’ Court heard on Friday, May 23.
The defendant denied one count of assault by beating, alleged to have happened at around 11.30am on July 21 last year, and was due to face trial.
The defence argued there was no case to answer.
Chair of the bench Dr Dozie Azubike said none of the eyewitness accounts were enough to give a full account of what happened during the incident and formally acquitted the woman of the offence.
He said: “We are not satisfied beyond reasonable doubt on any of these issues.”
A 34-year-old mum from Tilehurst who denied assaulting her deaf toddler by beating him has been acquitted.
The mother, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was accused of dragging her three-year-old son across a road and then kicking him three times after a row with her ex-boyfriend – the boy’s father – outside his flat, Reading Magistrates’ Court heard on Friday, May 23.
The defendant denied one count of assault by beating, alleged to have happened at around 11.30am on July 21 last year, and was due to face trial.
The defence argued there was no case to answer.
Chair of the bench Dr Dozie Azubike said none of the eyewitness accounts were enough to give a full account of what happened during the incident and formally acquitted the woman of the offence.
He said: “We are not satisfied beyond reasonable doubt on any of these issues.”