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Couple arrested over fatal abuse of 1-year-old son

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Police in Moka, Tochigi Prefecture, have arrested a 20-year-old woman on suspicion of fatally abusing her one-year-old son by kicking him last October. Her 22-year-old husband has also been arrested on suspicion of assaulting the child.

According to police, the woman, then 19, who is a sex industry worker, kicked her son in the back, causing him to hit the floor face down, at their apartment at around 10 a.m. on Oct 13, 2022, Kyodo News reported. The boy lost consciousness and his parents took him to hospital later that day.

The hospital notified police about a case of possible child abuse after doctors noticed bruises on his body. The boy remained in hospital where he died on Nov 6 due to brain damage.

Police quoted the boy’s mother as saying she kicked him but didn’t think that would have caused his death. Police said her husband has admitted punching the boy in September and October to discipline him.

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Execute. These inhuman scumbags do not deserve to live.

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Punching a one-year-old boy to discipline him? The father needs to be disciplined for a very long time.

15 ( +15 / -0 )

Both “parents” sound like people of very little quality. The gene pool needs chlorine!

6 ( +8 / -2 )

Ffs remove these scum from the procreation pool!

RIP little man!

5 ( +7 / -2 )

Poor little precious one. Heartbreaking. May God care for him and may he receive all the love that he craved but missed out on here.

3 ( +4 / -1 )

I pray for the hanging of these two animals. Pure unredeemable evil. Their hatred and abuse of a baby means they have forfeited the right to be kept alive. I just hope their remaining existence is nothing but misery and hell.

Rest in Peace to the poor innocent baby. Wherever he is, he is in a better place.

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well to be very true they don't seem like his real parents. also, the age of both is comparatively less to be married and have a family.

1 ( +1 / -0 )

I just don’t understand how these terrible creatures are formed in human shapes. There seems to be plenty in this island. They should be killed without arrest.

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Police quoted the boy’s mother as saying she kicked him but didn’t think that would have caused his death

Riiiight. Just like her deadbeat husband who thought punching an infant was a legal and appropriate form of discipline.

Send these lowlifes to the gallows.

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Those scumbags deserve good old gallows..

2 ( +3 / -1 )

19 and a sex worker, well for starters we know she’s a bad egg and a scoundrel of the highest order and what about that father? Well, he no doubt is too. What kind of man would be with a woman who indulges in filth like that. The poor child should have been closely monitored by social services.

vermin and degenerate, it makes me so cross

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Punching a one-year-old boy to discipline him.

Wow! We have a real tough guy who punches1 year olds. (Sarcasm) These two demented excuses for human beings don't deserve to be parents. I hope that kid gets the love that he's overdue. I hope the inmates of these scumbags find out what they're in for and get karma their way. Lots of love to that boy.

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Reading news like this just makes me sick to my stomach

Police quoted the boy’s mother as saying she kicked him but didn’t think that would have caused his death. Police said her husband has admitted punching the boy in September and October to discipline him.

Lock them up. Forever. They beat up a 1-year-old baby. Do not let them see the sun again.

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Police quoted the boy’s mother as saying she kicked him but didn’t think that would have caused his death. Police said her husband has admitted punching the boy in September and October to discipline him.

What could an innocent 1 year old have POSSIBLY done that greatly equates a kick so hard in the back that he falls face first and dies due to brain damage? My heart hurts for these innocent infants who loose their lives due to the poor and evil acts of these..........unhinged and deranged maniacs!

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what does a year old knows that you want to discipline by beating, RIP lil angel.

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