On the day of the assault Jenks effectively snapped and fought back in a bid to ease her child's suffering. "What you then did was inappropriate," Judge Fitzgerald said. "You are 50 years old and you should have handled it a lot better than you did," said Judge Fitzgerald. Judge Fitzgerald granted Jenks a discharge without conviction, saying a conviction would make it difficult for her to travel to other countries and would complicate similar applications - consequences out of proportion to the offending. He said the victim and Jenks' daughter were former students.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 13, 2018 17:15 UTC