Dayhome operator convicted of assaults on kids
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A Calgary dayhome operator has been found guilty of assaulting two children in her care.

Victoria Tammam, 56, was charged with three counts of assault in March 2007 after two families took their children to the Alberta Children's Hospital. A 13-month-old girl had a broken arm and a 17-month-old boy had a bruised and swollen face.

A four-year-old boy told police Tammam had slapped him because he wasn't sleeping at nap time.

Defence lawyer Noble Shanks maintained throughout the trial that there was reasonable doubt about how the children were injured.

Tammam, who ran the unlicensed child care service out of her home in Silver Springs, testified that the boy bruised his own face by banging it against his crib.

Justice Jo'Anne Strekaf handed down guilty verdicts Thursday on two counts of assault, and dismissed a third one.

Tammam fought back tears as the judge read her decision. She will be sentenced in August.

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