Three adults allegedly gave the boy eight RTDs and two shots of liquor.
Three adults allegedly gave the boy eight RTDs and two shots of liquor.
A judge has dismissed a Hamilton woman's defence that a young boy's mother gave him alcohol and not her as "beyond belief".
Lucy Teari Winnie Snowden, 25, was found guilty at the Hamilton District Court this morning of supplying a young boy with alcohol at a skate park following anincident that went viral on youtube in January.
Judge David Ruth dismissed her defence that the boy's mother had supplied him with alcohol and fined her $1,000 plus costs.
Before sentencing her, Judge Ruth told the 25-year-old she had let the boy down.
"You may not have known him but it must have been patently obvious that he was a child," he said.
"You came up with this unlikely story that his mother gave him this alcohol and that is beyond belief."
Judge Ruth wrapped up the Judge-alone trial yesterday but delayed his verdict until this morning.
A video of the 9-year-old boy drinking RTDs at a Fairfield skate park in January went viral after it was posted on Youtube sparking widespread outrage.
