A BABYSITTER was charged in the Sepang Sessions Court today with abusing a 20-month-old girl at a childcare centre in a hospital in Serdang early this month.

However, Nur Fatin Nabila Azmi, 23, claimed trial after the charge against her was read before Judge Noor Hisham Ahmad Jaafar.

She was charged with intentionally causing physical injury to the victim at the centre in the hospital’s staff residence in Jalan Puchong, Kajang at about 10.30am, on June 8.

The charge was framed under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001, which carries a maximum fine of RM50,000, jail not exceeding 20 years or both.

Deputy public prosecutor Aiza Ali Raman offered bail at RM15,000 with one surety with additional conditions that the accused must report to the nearest police station every month and not to harass the victim.

The court allowed the bail to be reduced to RM10,000 after taking into account that the accused has to take care of her ailing parents.

The court set July 26 for mention. – Bernama, June 21, 2021.