A school principal from Kingston was on Wednesday arrested by the Hunts Bay Police for Cruelty to a Child.

The principal, who is head of a basic school, was reported to the police by a parent after she allegedly beat a 5-year old with a wooden hanger causing bruising and swelling across the child's back and fingers. The child was treated at the Bustamante Hospital for Children. The beating was allegedly administered after the child stole a snack from another child. The principal who is out on $60,000 bail, will face the Half Way Tree Resident Magistrate's court on Monday and if found guilty, could be sentenced to three years in prison at hard labour or be fined up to $1 million.