rsherdley published Carlton man spared jail for attack on five-year-old girl with...

A girl of five was hit over her bottom with a cane in an attack by a man who has been spared prison.Ky-nam Hoang, 57, claimed he delivered three blows - but pictures of red wheals across her left buttock showed he hit her more than that.The attack had been with a cane from his garden, Nottingham Crown Court heard on Wednesday, April 1.The girl has since lost weight and acts out scenes of violence with dolls.Hoang pleaded guilty to assault causing actual bodily harm to the child on January 29,...