Slap on Wrist for Serial Child Abusers

The case we saw a couple of months back has concluded.

"Two Mormon women who beat children in their care with rolling pins and forced them to eat chilli powder were jailed for 19 months each yesterday.

Maria Keable and Deirdre Carrington forced six children to eat tablespoons of chilli powder and raw eggs for not keeping to a strict regime of chores between 1997 and 2006.

The children – all aged under 16 – were also stung with nettles and punched."

Hello? 19 months? A team of two men doing this would have got 10 years at least. Strangely, the judge seems to think he treated them harshly:

"Judge Nash said the pair's lack of remorse was a factor in sentencing."

Story here.