Montreal
A 46-year-old woman from Longueuil, Que., who allegedly threw boiling water at a 10-year-old boy as he walked by her home facing a charge of aggravated assault.
Stéphanie Borel, 46, was arrested, released same day on a promise to appearCBC News
· Posted: Oct 11, 2024 11:05 AM EDT | Last Updated: 34 minutes ago
The child suffered extensive burns to his face, head and body after being drenched with boiling water while walking home from school. (Submitted)A 46-year-old woman from Longueuil, Que., who allegedly threw boiling water at a 10-year-old boy as he walked by her home is facing a charge of aggravated assault.
Stéphanie Borel was arrested following the attack on Oct. 2 that left the boy with serious burns to his head, face, torso and back.
She was released the same day on a promise to appear and under conditions, including not contacting the child and his family, said the Service de police de l’agglomération de Longueuil (SPAL).
Borel appeared via video conference at the Longueuil courthouse Friday afternoon. She will be back in court on Oct. 16 for a bail hearing and will remain behind bars until then.
The boy’s uncle says he and the family are “thankful” to the authorities for their efforts to protect the family.
“We’re recovering from the shock. For the rest, we have faith in God,” he said.
WATCH | Mother and son speak out after scalding:
‘That’ll teach you’: Boy says woman threw boiling water at him on his way home from schoolA publication ban has been issued in this case. As a result, CBC has blurred the faces of the boy and his mother and is withholding their names.
A publication ban on the boy’s identity was also issued on Friday.
Previously, in 2021, Borel was charged with assault in a separate case and was acquitted after agreeing to sign a peace bond.
The boy told Radio-Canada that he was walking home from school with friends in the city on the South Shore of Montreal and that they “took a shortcut” that passes in front of the woman’s residence near the intersection of Curé-Poirier Boulevard East and Chambly Road.
His father said the boy arrived home around 4 p.m., screaming, “Dad, someone threw boiling water on me. I’ve been burned!”
Following the attack, Borel allegedly told the boy’s father that she assaulted his son because he had a habit of knocking at her door for the past three years. The woman lives in a multi-residential building.
The boy’s father said that was impossible as the family only came to the neighbourhood in January and the boy only started attending the school near the woman’s home a month ago.
Written by Sabrina Jonas and Hénia Ould-Hammou, with files from Mélissa François
