A churchgoer allegedly read verses from the Bible to his children before punishing them with a can and a belt, a jury has been told. The man, in his forties, told his family that to spare the rod was to spoil the child before allegedly subjecting two of his three children to beatings. The strict father also forced the girl and boy to sit cross legged with their hands on their heads facing a wall for days on end as a punishment, Exeter Crown Court was told. He allegedly made the girl take cold...
Reported by Exeter Express and Echo 19 hours ago.
A churchgoer allegedly read verses from the Bible to his children before punishing them with a can and a belt, a jury has been told. The man, in his forties, told his family that to spare the rod was to spoil the child before allegedly subjecting two of his three children to beatings. The strict father also forced the girl and boy to sit cross legged with their hands on their heads facing a wall for days on end as a punishment, Exeter Crown Court was told. He allegedly made the girl take cold...
Reported by Exeter Express and Echo 19 hours ago.