Mother and girlfriend charged with murder after discovery of 6-month-old’s burnt body
The horrific murder took place in 2018. A US mother and her girlfriend are facing charges of first-degree murder for allegedly burning a six-month-old to death. Hanna Barker and her girlfriend Felicia Smith, from Natchitoches, Louisiana, are accused of murdering Barker’s baby boy, Levi Ellerbe. Investigators arrested the women after Levi’s burnt body was found near […]
5 years ago
UK Childminder jailed for child cruelty after punching and biting toddler
The court heard disturbing details of the abuse the young boy was subjected to. A childminder in the UK has been jailed for repeated assaults on a toddler that left the boy with bite and punch marks. Ryan Lincoln-Dust, from Kent, pleaded guilty to child cruelty and actual bodily harm before trial this year after initially denying […]
5 years ago
Child cruelty cases have risen by almost 350 percent in Northern Ireland
Child cruelty and neglect cases have risen by almost 350 percent in Northern Ireland. 579 child cruelty and neglect offences were recorded by the NSPCC in 2017 and 2018. This is up from 132 in 2012 and 2013. Reports included cases where the minor was assaulted, neglected, abandoned, or mistreated. They also included cases where […]
8 years ago
Mum Arrested In US After ‘Sitting On Her 2-Year-Old Son’s Head’
A woman in Georgia has been arrested after police claimed she sat on her 2-year-old son’s head. According to a number of US publications, Susan Elizabeth Kelley allegedly placed a towel on a wooden chair before placing her son’s head on the towel and sitting on him. The Atlanta Journal Constitution obtained the arrest warrant […]
11 years ago