By Canadian Press

CHILD ABUSE INVESTIGATION

Calgary police lay assault charge after disturbing online video

Dec 18, 2019 | 8:06 AM

CALGARY- An assault charge has been laid after a livestreamed video that police say showed two young children being physically abused by their mother as they interrupted her online game-playing.

The department’s child abuse unit started investigating after police received several tips on Tuesday about a video that had been captured through an online gaming website.

Investigators say the woman appears to roughly handle her two children and at one point bites her 14-month-old son.

Her online persona was tracked to a Calgary home where a man, a woman and two children were found.

The 31-year-old mother was arrested and the two children were taken to a safe location.

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The woman, whose name has not been released to protect the children’s identities, is to make her next court appearance on January 17.

(The Canadian Press)