Mum burns word 'wimp' on daughter's neck
Sunday, December 7, 2008 | Labels: News | |A MUM has been arrested after allegedly burning the word "wimp" into her six-year-old daughter's neck with a cigarette - because the youngster tripped and fell.
The girl told police in rural Moundsville in West Virginia, US, that Tammy Smith branded her in a fit of rage.
A teacher at the girl's school noticed the burn and took photographs of the injury before alerting police and social services.
A shocked police spokesman said: "Even the 'i' was dotted."
Smith was charged with five counts of child abuse. She faces up to five years in prison on each charge.
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