In order to protect the victim, the judge ordered a gag order including the name of the defendant.
41-year-old Filipino maid faces three of violating the Children and Young Persons Act (CYPA). She pleaded guilty to two of them.
How she was caught
On 3 occasions, May 11, 16, 20 of 2020. A witness took videos of the defendant abusing the employer’s children in a variety of ways many parents will not tolerate..
The witness happened to move to the defendant’s home as her elderly employer has shifted over and she was staying with them. She witnessed the defendant kicking, punching and beating a pair of brothers. After she no longer could tolerate her abusive actions, she decided to record videos and photos of the abusive actions in order to provide evidence to the employer.
In two of the videos, the defendant could be seen feeding a boy and she lost her patience with the boy and hit his mouth with a spoon which lead to the boy crying and coughing out his food. The defendant continued to hit her despite the boy’s cries.
In another recording, the two brothers were playing and one them started crying because the other snatch his toy, the maid pulled the boy’s ear and the boy started to cry. Instead of calming down the boy, she kicked the boy in his forehead.