Trinidad and Tobago: Woman sentenced to corporal punishment

Index Number: AMR 49/005/1996
Date Published: 12 March 1996
Categories: Americas, Trinidad & Tobago

Myra Bhagwansingh was sentenced to 12 years in prison with the additional punishment of 10 strokes with the cat o'nine tails for committing grievous bodily harm. She is the first woman sentenced to receive corporal punishment in Trinidad and Tobago.