A five-year-old girl was repeatedly whacked with a wooden spoon, denied food, called 'dumb' and a 'creepy-crawly' and even had her head shaved by a woman caring for her in a pattern of ...

Natalia Pereira — the Brazilian-born chef-owner of Downtown’s Wood Spoon — will close her restaurant ... was hit,” says Pereira. “I hit my head and now suffer from post-concussion ...

When they misbehaved, she hit one of the children on the head numerous times with a wooden spoon and kicked one of the children several times in the bottom and lower back. Although there were no ...

A south-east Queensland woman who "severely neglected" a child, went on to abuse another five-year-old girl by starving her, hitting her with a wooden spoon and shaving her head, a court has heard.