20 year-old Carldeen Lawrence, a resident of Elston Kerr Street was convicted of grievous harm in the Magistrate's Court today. It was alleged that he fractured a 3 year-old female child's right leg when he was disciplining her.

The prosecution called 5 witnesses in his case, excluding the child, who was 2 years-old at the time of the incident. It was presented to the court by these witnesses that on June 8 of last year, he was left to babysit the child.

The mother came home and found the child's right leg swollen, and when she confronted Lawrence, he told her that lashed her with a belt because she was misbehaving.

The child was rushed to the hospital, and social services got involved because the doctor alarm about the severity of the injury.

In court today, Magistrate Hettie May Stuart told Lawrence that after considering the strength of the prosecution's case against him, she was satisfied that he was guilty of the charge.

As a result, she sentenced him to pay a fine of $800 by May 15, and if he defaults, he will spend 8 month in prison.