The mother and stepfather could receive a 20-year prison sentence.
There is growing indignation in Colombia over the severe mistreatment to which a 9-year-old child was subjected by his mother and stepfather. The minor is in intensive care and the couple accused of abuse have been arrested, accused of attempted aggravated murder.
According to the local prosecutor, the 9-year-old boy was beaten with objects and was even tied with a chain in a dark room and subjected to humiliation. In addition to this, he had signs of malnutrition and traces of blows to the body with “blunt, abrasive” elements.
The doctors of the university hospital of Valle, where the boy is hospitalized, They assure that it has irreversible neurological sequelae and they fear that they will no longer be able to speak or walk, as indicated by an initial diagnosis.
The mother and stepfather were arrested in Cauca, Colombia.
The degree of violence was such that the victim had a tracheostomy and a gastrostomy, interventions applied so that it can breathe and feed.
The events for which the couple was sent to prison took place, according to the local prosecutor, on February 21, 2022 in the village of Cachimbal, where the woman’s son “was apparently subjected to violent beatings and had to be hospitalized in Restrepo”.
“The medical diagnosis certified that the child had been a victim of abuse since February of this year, when he was already living with his mother and stepfather,” said the local prosecutor.
The arrested couple could receive a sentence of more than 20 years in prison attempted aggravated murder.
The child was abused and even chained.
The boy was living with his mother because after the death of his biological father from Covid-19, custody was taken over by her.
His health
The minor is seriously ill in intensive care due to a traumatic brain injury at the university hospital of Valle, where doctors assure him that he has irreversible neurological sequelae.
In fact, specialists believe that the child may not speak or walk again, due to the injuries and trauma caused by the torture to which he was subjected by his mother and stepfather.
Source: Clarin
