Former teacher’s assistant jailed for ‘bashing up’ two young girls near Casuarina shopping centre

A FORMER teacher’s assistant who bashed up two young girls near the Casuarina bus interchange in an act of ‘extreme violence’ will have to go to anger management courses after serving more than a year in prison

Janine Cincaid served more than a year behind bars over the bashings of two young girls at Casuarina shopping centre. Picture: File photo

A FORMER teacher’s assistant who bashed up two young girls near the Casuarina bus interchange in an act of “extreme violence” will have to go to anger management courses after serving more than a year in prison.

Janine Cincaid, 57, was last week sentenced for two counts of aggravated assault committed in June last year, and was released from jail on strict conditions after time served.

Cincaid admitted she grabbed her first victim, aged 14, by the hair, and threw her to the ground before grabbing her by the throat.

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Cincaid was accompanied by her daughter, who exchanged blows with the second girl, aged 12, before the mother stepped in and threw the girl to the ground.

Cincaid then belted the second victim in the head and pinned her to the ground as her daughter punched and stomped her head and face.

Justice Judith Kelly said Cincaid’s young victims were scared during the attack.

“You are a mature adult,” Justice Kelly said.

“You cannot behave this way.”

Cincaid gave evidence she belted the two girls because they had been disrespectful to her grandson.

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“You just cannot do that,” Justice Kelly said.

“It would be one thing to defend your daughter if she was being attacked, but she was not.

“She was standing there waiting for you to arrive and then the two of you went on the offensive to beat up children, two children.”

She said Cincaid had a “disturbing” criminal record, including for violence.

“You perceive that someone has either insulted or threatened a family member and then you use extreme violence, on nothing but some kind of suspicion in your head.”

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Justice Kelly said Cincaid had shown “no sign of remorse whatsoever” but had shown she could hold down a job and be a “useful and productive citizen” when she chose to.

Cincaid was sentenced to two years and 10 months jail, but was released on a series of strict conditions after time served.

Cincaid is also banned from approaching her victims.