Monday, May 27, 2013

Crime

Dad breaks 2-month old baby's arm

Father arrested for domestic violence.
27 May 2013
A Merebank woman has rescued her niece and nephew from a life of abuse and charges of child abuse as domestic violence have been levelled against the father of the children.

According to one of the siblings’ aunt, Venie Naidoo, the two-month-old baby boy was allegedly severely beaten up last Tuesday night by his father at their Newlands home.

Naidoo said, “It is sickening. The baby’s father physically abused him merely because he cried. It is natural for children to cry and they cannot be beaten up for that. The man began hitting the child and he pushed his fingers down his throat. He also broke the child’s right arm and right leg. The baby has a huge blood clot on his left eye from being punched. It is shocking how a father can be so cruel and inhumane. He also threw the baby into the air and let him fall onto the bed.”

Above: The baby who was beaten up.
She further said that a medical report stated that he punched the child on the side of his abdomen and the baby has blue marks on his face and body.

The man has also allegedly kicked his six-year-old daughter who went to her brother’s assistance and she sustained blue marks on her back.
Naidoo added that her sister has also allegedly been a victim of abuse at her husband’s hands as he allegedly broke her right leg and middle finger on her right hand.

“My sister and her children had to sit in pain the entire night and she could only get help from the landlord the following day when her husband went to work. She borrowed a phone and contacted my elder sister, Vanessa who went to her aid. When Vanessa got there, they had to break down the door to gain entry. My frail sister gathered whatever she could and they left. The baby was taken to a general practitioner who referred him to Wentworth Hospital for immediate medical attention,” she said.

Police spokesman, Cpt Thulani Zwane confirmed that a case of child abuse and domestic violence was opened at Newlands East SAPS for investigation and a 42-year-old suspect was arrested. He appeared in the Verulam Magistrates Court on May 24, 2013 and the case was remanded until May 27, 2013.

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1 comment:

  1. Why....It's just a baby that can't talk so it will cry for food, to be changed and more. The father must be sent to jail for life

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