{"id":170445,"date":"2025-09-26T11:05:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T11:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/170445\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T11:05:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T11:05:28","slug":"quebec-woman-who-scalded-young-boy-over-ding-dong-ditch-prank-pleads-guilty-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/170445\/","title":{"rendered":"Quebec woman who scalded young boy over ding dong ditch prank pleads guilty &#8211; Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Staff<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted September 25, 2025 5:13 pm<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUpdated September 25, 2025 6:04 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0Quebec\u00a0woman who <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11279983\/quebec-woman-boiling-water-child\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">scalded a 10-year-old boy at her door with boiling water last year<\/a> has pleaded guilty to aggravated assault.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758298208_703_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>St\u00e9phanie Borel entered the guilty plea at the Longueuil courthouse south of\u00a0Montreal\u00a0and her case returns to court on Jan. 28, 2026 for sentencing arguments.<\/p>\n<p>The boy, whose identity is subject to a publication ban, suffered serious burns to about four per cent of his body including his face, chest, and shoulder blade after the Oct. 2, 2024 incident.<\/p>\n<p>The Crown and defence say in a joint statement of facts that Borel was fed up with being pranked by schoolchildren ringing her doorbell and running away, the so-called ding dong ditch prank.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758298209_554_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>It recounts how the complainant and his friends were walking home from school and the boy went to take part in the doorbell prank, but Borel opened the door and tossed a container of boiling water at the victim.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The statement also says that Borel\u2019s assault against the Black boy was not racially motivated.<\/p>\n<p>The statement adds that the two did not know each other at the time of the event but lived on the same street.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending 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doctor Darren Markland dies in Alberta mountain biking accident\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 25, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Woman accused of pouring boiling water over child may soon face trial'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/boiling.water.woman.in.court.spector.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:13<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWoman accused of pouring boiling water over child may soon face trial\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 25, 2025 5:13 pm Updated September 25, 2025 6:04 pm 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