A 30 year old woman was on Thursday sentenced in the May Pen Resident Magistrate's court for breaches of the Child Care and Protection Act.

Sharon Mane of Race Track in the parish, pleaded guilty to Cruelty to a Child and was given 12 months probation.

The court was told that on the June 17, a member of the Island Special Constabulary Force was on duty in May Pen when the woman was spotted hitting her child repeatedly in the face.

She reportedly ignored pleas from the officer for her to refrain.

She was then arrested and charged.