Woman accused of scalding child with boiling water granted bail [Video]

The Longueuil, Que., provincial courthouse is seen on Monday, April 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sidhartha Banerjee

A judge has granted bail to a Quebec woman charged with aggravated assault after she allegedly scalded a 10-year-old Black boy with hot water earlier this month.

Stéphanie Borel, 46, was released under a number of conditions that include living with her son, and staying away from the home and school of the young victim and from a witness, whose identities are protected by a publication ban.

On Oct. 2, police on Montreal’s South Shore arrested Borel but released her and ordered her to appear in court at a later date.

The boy sustained second-degree burns to his face and upper body, and his parents and other community members called out what they said was the woman’s lenient treatment by the justice system.

Following the outcry, she was arrested on Oct. 11 and had …