A mother has been jailed for four years for branding the face of her 16 month old daughter with a smiley image.Leicester Crown Court heard she held the baby's head firm while she inflicted the burn on her cheek with a heated cigarette lighter.Judge Head told the defendant: "You branded your child in a deliberate and premeditated act. It was wicked."He said the clarity of the burn showed "she was held with some force."The judge added the mother was unconcerned if she hurt her...
