Dad faces jail over water torture of 8-year-old son for wetting his bed (Haversham, England, United Kingdom)

UNNAMED DAD utterly blew a gasket when his 8-year-old son wet his bed. A 90-minute public hosing with icy water? Unbelievable. Note that the child was "almost blue" when police arrived, and was afraid to move. Also note that there is NO MENTION of a mother, and that the child is now "in care." Is this a single dad?

INVISIBLE MOTHER ALERT.

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Dad faces jail over water torture of eight-year-old son for wetting his bed

By Euan Stretch 28/09/2010

A brute who hosed his young son with icy water in a 90-minute public punishment for wetting his bed has been warned he could face prison.

The cruel dad, 30, put the eight-year-old youngster through the ordeal in his front garden.

After banishing the lad outside, the man also chased and swore at him and hit him twice over the head with a garden hose, magistrates were told.

The child was shivering and almost blue with cold - but was so terrified that when police later tried to coax him indoors, he said "No, I'm not allowed to move."

A couple living nearby called 999 after hearing his screams. A court heard how they saw him "hunched and huddled" outside his home in Faversham, Kent.

Prosecutor Paul Tapsell told Margate JPs the dad, who cannot be named, stormed towards his son with the hose and snarled: "You're not going to p*** in my house. You're going to stay there all day."

He denied hitting the boy. But his lawyer, Kieran Brand, admitted: "The child suffered. This wasn't a nice incident."

The boy is now in care. The couple who alerted police said after the hearing: "It was shocking, way beyond anything that could be considered acceptable discipline.

"The father is an unpleasant character. Being taken into care will probably give his son a better chance in life."

The man was freed on bail after admitting assault. Magistrates told him he could be jailed on October 12.

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