4-year-old boy ’beaten for stopping star
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Topic: 4-year-old boy ’beaten for stopping star
Posted By: kellie
Subject: 4-year-old boy ’beaten for stopping star
Date Posted: 17 September 2010 at 12:58pm
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jumps.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10674075 - link 9 months supervision seems like a really lenient sentence for assaulting a child  Hardly a deterrent.------------- 
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Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 17 September 2010 at 1:16pm
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I agree. I am sure you get more for harming an animal ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 17 September 2010 at 3:19pm
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imagine if he had been able to use reasonable force as a defence - he might have got off scott free! ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 20 September 2010 at 12:46pm
I know this poor boy. His dad is furious at the sentence. The article that I read had a note at the bottom about a drunk driver getting a much heavier sentence.  ------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |
Posted By: kellie
Date Posted: 21 September 2010 at 4:57pm
I would be so upset if I was the father. The sentence is a joke. And Linzy is right, you would get more for kicking a dog. I'm not against animal protection, but seriously, wtf. |
LittleBug wrote:Posted By: kiwi2
Date Posted: 22 September 2010 at 3:17pm
| Hey I am from the pro-smacking side of the debate but this is ridiculous. Anyone who leaves a mark or bruise is committing assault. Also what sort of sick individual would make a boy do star jumps and punish him violently if he stops. That is an extreme abuse of power. |
Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 23 September 2010 at 7:23am
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What if it had not of come to light would it of ended in another child murder down the track.
I think the mother needs charges laid against her for not protecting her child....why do these women put these loser men before their children.... I look at my 4yr old boy & could not imagine something like that happening to him...so sad that another little child is abused & let down but adults in his family...& it is time the justice system makes an example out of scum that abuse children.. |
Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 26 September 2010 at 3:26pm
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Both of the boys are in the care of the father since this incident, he has full custody now thank goodness. ------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |
Posted By: mum24
Date Posted: 11 October 2010 at 12:48pm
| NZ has such an embrassing record when it comes to the treatment of our most precious babies. The most dangerous person in a child's life is often it's mother's boyfriend. The punishment should fit the crime, what does 4 months say about how much we value this little boy. We are creating huge long term cost to the country every time we allow our children to be maltreated. |
Posted By: MrsMc
Date Posted: 11 October 2010 at 5:36pm
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the poor boy!
good work on the daycare picking it up. sometimes I worry that I'd miss something like that (probably wouldnt) and I would feel terrible. Lets hope the boy is safe with his father and his mums partner isnt allowed to be in contact with him ever again |