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British mother who starved son to death sentenced to 15 years in jail

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Joe, Oct 6, 2013.

  1. Joe

    Joe Full Member

    http://ca.news.yahoo.com/british-mother-starved-son-death-sentenced-15-years-150028212.html

    LONDON - An alcoholic British mother who let her 4-year-old son starve to death and left his body in a cot for almost two years was sentenced Friday to 15 years in jail.

    Judge Roger Thomas said Amanda Hutton had failed "to fulfil the most basic responsibilities that you, as a mother, should have fulfilled."

    The mummified body of Hutton's son, Hamzah Khan, was found by police at the family's garbage-strewn home in Bradford, northern England, in September 2011. He had died in December 2009.
    The judge said the boy was wearing clothing made for a 6- to 9-month-old child.

    "Although it beggars belief that such a thing can happen, it has, of course, happened here," the judge said.

    He told Hutton: "It has done so through your purposeful, persistent and gross conduct in failing in that most basic and fundamental requirement that is upon every parent, to feed her child adequately."
     
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  2. the mechanic

    the mechanic Active Member

    ... thanks for posting! but the british courts don't have the authority or intelligence to render rational judgments. they're a total joke like all courts worldwide ...
     

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