Mom accused of using child as weapon now charged

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Mom accused of using child as weapon now charged
Mother accused of using child as a weapon in Toronto transit assault
CBC News

Posted: Jul 4, 2011 11:54 AM ET
Last Updated: Jul 4, 2011 2:10 PM ET


A woman faces assault charges after a Toronto streetcar passenger allegedly used her young child as a weapon to attack other passengers.

Police said the woman and her three-year-old daughter were travelling on a Dundas Street East streetcar at Parliament Street on June 24 when an altercation arose with another passenger.

According to police, the accused began swinging her child, as well as a stroller, striking one of the victims. The woman then allegedly pulled the hair of a passenger who tried to intervene. The woman got off the car with her child at Broadview Avenue and walked away. ............(more)

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