Berbice mother confesses to forcing 4-year-old to drink poison

Two days after it was reported that a 4-year-old had consumed a poisonous substance that she had found while playing in the yard, Police have secured a confession from the mother, who has admitted to forcing the child to drink the poison.
Police had stated that the child, Tinesha Shamshundar of Number 50 Village Corentyne, is in a critical state at the New Amsterdam Hospital.
However, the toddler’s 23-year-old mother had initially told Police that she had collected the weedicide from her mother-in-law to spray the yard, and she had secured it in her goat pen.
She claimed that the child was playing in the yard, and had subsequently told her that she had opened the bottle and drunk the substance contained therein. Both the mother and father were reportedly arrested.
During interrogation, the woman told detectives that her husband had returned home under the influence of alcohol, and an argument had broken out between them, and it had later turned physical.
The husband, on the other hand, related that his wife had threatened to consume poison and feed it to their only child. The child was rushed to the Port Mourant Hospital but due to her condition, she was subsequently transferred to New Amsterdam Public Hospital.
Upon receiving this information, she was again grilled by the Police and eventually confessed to forcing the 4-year-old to drink the substance.
Both parents remain in custody while doctors are monitoring the child’s condition.