Female Army veteran used electric shock collar to punish defenceless toddler
A WOMAN who inflicted electric shocks on a toddler using an animal-training collar during a catalogue of cruelty is facing jail.
Lanna Monaghan saw the device being used and told a pet owner: “If it works on a dog, it will work on kids.”
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The 34-year-old former soldier also kicked and bit the child, hit him so hard with a wooden spoon that it broke, and subjected him to cold showers.
At the High Court in Edinburgh, Monaghan admitted to police that she had a temper and could “zone out” and would go “out of control”.
The judge rejected a defence plea to allow the Army veteran to remain on bail ahead of sentencing because she is pregnant.
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Lady Rae told a weeping Monaghan: “This is an appalling catalogue of charges of physical cruelty, I think that is the only way to describe it, to a toddler over 15 months.
“Realistically, it would be very difficult to avoid custody in a case such as this.
“This was a toddler, a defenceless child.”
Monaghan, formerly of Fort Augustus, admitted five charges of assault.
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