A TEENAGE girl is to be sentenced later this month for scalding her mother with boiling water.

The incident took place at her former home, in the Consett area of County Durham, last June, when she was 14, after she was ticked off for staying out the previous evening.

During the altercation, her mother is said to have thrown a cup of cold tea at her. The daugher responded by throwing a freshly-made cup of tea back, followed by the remaining contents of the kettle.

Despite turning away, her 40-year-old mother suffered 25 per cent burns to her lower back and side.

The girl, now 15, denied wounding with intent, but admitted unlawful wounding, at Durham Crown Court last month. The prosecution accepted her pleas.

She returned for sentence yesterday, but the hearing was further adjourned for the case to go back to youth court.

Judge Peter Armstrong said that as she no longer faced the more serious offence of wounding with intent, and since she had no previous convictions, it would be more appropriate for her to be dealt with by a youth court bench.

The girl, now in foster care, was bailed for sentence at youth court, at a date to be arranged.