Police in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, have arrested a 29-year-old man on suspicion of abusing the three-year-old daughter of his ex-wife in July.
Police said Tatsuya Hirose, who is self-employed, has admitted to hitting the child but denied injuring her, Sankei Shimbun reported. The child lived with Hirose and not her mother.
On July 10, a child consultation center notified police that there was a child suspected of being abused. The girl was taken into custody the next day.
Police said Hirose is accused of assaulting the girl between June 20 and July 11, causing injuries including a bruise on her right eye and other parts of her body.
© Japan Today
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Mr Kipling
Yet another step "father" not wanting the left over reminders of his wife's past.
Ladies, you need to be real careful dating with kids. Too many ( word I am not allowed ) guys out there.
mountainpear
So, the mother had abandoned her child with the stepfather????????
Mr Kipling
Yes. There are unfit mothers as well as scumbag stepscum.
At least the child will have a chance of a better life from now
shogun36
How does that even happen?
Who decided to give the baby to him? Where’s the mother? Or the actual father?
A lot of people need to be put away in this situation. A lot of human scum involved here.
Get that toddler to someone who will love her. For crying out loud.
M3M3M3
It's no secret that the prevelance of child abuse by step-fathers has always been off the charts. Just as an alpha-male lion systematically kills every cub fathered by other males, humans are also evolutionarily adapted to invest only into their own genetic offspring. No amount of feel-good social engineering will change this.