A maid in Uganda who was secretly filmed beating a little girl has been jailed for four years after she admitted to assaulting the toddler.

Jolly Tumuhirwe, 22, told the court she had been driven to attack the 18-month-old because the child's mother had beaten her, a claim which the mother denied.

Charges of torture were dropped after prosecutors said they could not be easily proven.

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