Guard charged with beating boy

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Vernon Lyte, of Balls Land, Christ Church has been arrested and charged with 15 year Menelick Armstrong on Sunday night.

Lyte who is accused of beating Armstrong a student of the Lester Vaughan School on the compound of Copacabana club , Bay Street, Bridgetown, was arrested and charged with serious bodily harm.

Police said Lyte, who also works at the same school, was released on $10,000 bail with one surety and ordered to return to court on October 29.

Armsrong who underwent emergency surgery at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, reportedly sustained severe injuries to his lungs, kidneys and bowels.