Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Woman spared jail after decade of child abuse of two boys
A DUNDEE woman criticised for putting two vulnerable children through the “trauma” of reliving in court the abuse she subjected them to has been sentenced.
Lisa Malone has been ordered to carry out 250 hours of unpaid work over the next 12 months after being convicted of four charges of assault against two boys over the course of a decade, from July 2010 to 2020.
This was ordered by Sheriff John
Rafferty at Dundee Sheriff Court as a direct alternative to prison.
If she fails to complete the order, she could find herself back in court, Malone was warned.
A spokesperson for the youngsters said: “Her conduct towards the boys has been reprehensible.
“They have both had to endure so much and been very seriously affected by her actions.
“We are relieved that she has been sentenced and that this is now over – it will help the boys to start to look forward in life.”
At an earlier trial, Sheriff Lorna Drummond praised the children – who cannot be named for legal reasons – calling their recollection skills “good”. She said they had been “impressive” witnesses, which was the opposite to the accused Malone.
The offences committed included butting one to the head and biting them on the hand, to their injury, between July 10 2010 and April 30 2020 in Dundee.
She was convicted of grabbing this person by their T-shirt, kicking them to the body, causing them to fall down the stairs, punching them to the body and flipping a plate of food on their body, to their injury, between January 1 2015 an October 31 2016.
She further assaulted a child by seizing them by the neck, twisting their arm, slapping them, punching them, kicking them and pushing them against the wall.
She also acted in a threatening and abusive manner to that person during the same time, from January 1 2019 to July 24 2020, and slapped the first victim on the body.