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| Norway child abuse row: |
| Norway child abuse row: couple sentenced to jail
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| INDIA
, 5-December-2012
4:11:22 AM |
| The Indian couple facing child abuse charges in Norway has been sentenced to jail. An Oslo District Court found them guilty on several counts of child abuse and ordered that Chandrasekhar Vallabhaneni is to spend 18 months in jail and his wife Anupama 15 months, in line with the sentences proposed by the prosecution. A press release issued said the couple can appeal against the verdict at the Borgarting Court of Appeal.
In the view of the Court, the couple deliberately burned their son's leg with a hot spoon or similar object with the result that the child had burn marks measuring approximately 3 x 5 centimetres.
The Court also found that it had been proven that the parents had on several occasions hit the child with possibly a belt or similar object and that they had on one occasion threatened to burn their son on his tongue with a hot spoon. The proven abuse took place over a period of six to seven months and therefore falls under section 219, first paragraph, of the Penal Code on repeated maltreatment.
The court has recognised that the parents were facing difficulties in dealing with the child but has pronounced the verdict because repeated maltreatment had caused pain and fear to their child. The court also notes that the imprisonment can be challenging for the kids and family. That is the big concern. The MEA has said they would continue to extend consular assistance but it does not seem inclined to intervene any further.
The couple is accused of deliberately burning their son's leg with a hot spoon because he did not speak the truth on one occasion. They had reportedly threatened and hit him with possibly a belt on several occasions between October last year and March this year when there were regular complaints from school about his behaviour. The court has noted that the couple was finding difficulties in parenting and had been in regular touch with the school about challenges faced by the child.
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