ANGRY that his two kids had been watching television, a father slapped his seven-year-old son and hurled him against a wardrobe, wall and the ceiling. The 43-year-old marketing executive was fined the maximum $1,000 by Community Court judge May Mesenas on Friday, after earlier pleading guilty to hurting his son at their home on Sept 15, 2006.

The boy suffered multiple bruises in his forehead, left arm and legs and several patches over his neck and back of his left shoulder.

The incident came to light two days later when a teacher noticed bruises on the victim's brother, whom the accused had also caused hurt to

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