Mother denies throwing boiling water over son

A MOTHER denied yesterday that she threw boiling water from a kettle over her son 11 years ago when he was five.

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told a jury at Cardiff Crown Court that she was about to pour the water over an ant’s nest in her kitchen when she accidentally bumped into her son and lost control of the kettle.

Her son, now aged 16, previously told the court that his mother, who was a single parent, called him into the kitchen and said “Sorry, but I’ve got to do this”, and tipped it over him.