Dad is identified as DAMON GARDNER.
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/092112ChildAbuse
Police: Father charged with child abuse after hogtying 5-year-old
Nico Roesler | The New Mexican Posted: Thursday, September 20, 2012
A Santa Fe man was charged with child abuse Thursday after police say he hogtied his 5-year-old son as a disciplinary measure.
The statement of probable cause against Damon Gardner, 28, says that he told the child’s uncle that he had tied the boy up “because he doesn’t believe in spanking his child.”
The child was found by his uncle just before 9 a.m. Thursday after he heard a “scuffling noise” in the bathroom next to the uncle’s bedroom in a house in the 1200 block of Vegas Verdes Drive, according to the statement.
The document says the boy’s uncle intervened when he saw the boy hogtied with his hands and feet tied together. A “rope was then tied to his feet and hands causing his feet to bend behind him,” according to the document.
Santa Fe police Capt. Aric Wheeler said placing a child in such a position could cause breathing problems. Wheeler said the state Children, Youth and Families Department was contacted and would conduct its own investigation into the report.
The uncle tried to get Gardner to stop, according to the document. But, “Gardner told him that if he or anyone else called police that ‘it would be very … bad for all of them and the police.’ ” According to the statement, Gardner told the uncle to “mind his own business” and “stay out of his parenting skills.”
Gardner allegedly told the child’s uncle that he was tying his son up because the boy had “punched him in the stomach and started throwing things around,” the document states.
The two men then got in a fight, and someone else in the residence called police.
Gardner’s wife told the responding officer that she saw her son lying face down on the bathroom floor tied up, according to the document, and she took him to a bedroom, where Gardner eventually untied him.
Gardner was booked into the Santa Fe County jail at about 12:37 p.m. on a single charge of child abuse and is being held without bond, according to the jail website.
Friday, September 21, 2012
Dad faces abuse charges for beating kids with metal spatula (Gilbert, Arizona)
Dad is identified as GARRETT ANDERSON. No mention of a mother in the home.
http://www.kpho.com/story/19600863/man-faces-abuse-charges-for-metal-spatula-spankings
Man faces abuse charges for metal spatula spankings
Posted: Sep 20, 2012 8:33 PM CDT
Updated: Sep 21, 2012 6:57 AM CDT
By Phil Benson
GILBERT, AZ (CBS5) - A Gilbert father is accused of spanking his six children, ages 6 to 11, with a metal spatula and a wooden dowel, police said.
Garrett Anderson, 30, was booked into jail Monday on six counts of child abuse.
Each child was spanked four times with the spatula and twice with the dowel, according to a probable cause statement.
One child was singled out and given 30 additional spankings, the court document stated.
The spankings caused visible and significant bruising, according to police.
Anderson spanked five of the six children in an effort to discover which child wrote a hateful message on a piece of paper at their home in Gilbert, the statement said.
One child admitted to creating the hateful message - the other five were spanked without reason, police said.
Garrett admitted in a police interview his spankings went too far and he did not know the injuries his children suffered were that bad, the court document stated.
http://www.kpho.com/story/19600863/man-faces-abuse-charges-for-metal-spatula-spankings
Man faces abuse charges for metal spatula spankings
Posted: Sep 20, 2012 8:33 PM CDT
Updated: Sep 21, 2012 6:57 AM CDT
By Phil Benson
GILBERT, AZ (CBS5) - A Gilbert father is accused of spanking his six children, ages 6 to 11, with a metal spatula and a wooden dowel, police said.
Garrett Anderson, 30, was booked into jail Monday on six counts of child abuse.
Each child was spanked four times with the spatula and twice with the dowel, according to a probable cause statement.
One child was singled out and given 30 additional spankings, the court document stated.
The spankings caused visible and significant bruising, according to police.
Anderson spanked five of the six children in an effort to discover which child wrote a hateful message on a piece of paper at their home in Gilbert, the statement said.
One child admitted to creating the hateful message - the other five were spanked without reason, police said.
Garrett admitted in a police interview his spankings went too far and he did not know the injuries his children suffered were that bad, the court document stated.
Former "caretaker" dad sent to prison for death of 5-month-old daughter (Coon Rapids, Minnesota)
Yet another case of a "caretaker" daddy where Mom was working. Notice that the "caretaker" daddy didn't even get medical care for the baby. Mom had to. This is a pattern that, unfortuatnely, is seen a lot.
Dad is identified as JOSHUA ALLEN VANHOUTAN.
http://abcnewspapers.com/2012/09/20/father-sent-to-prison-for-daughters-death/
Father sent to prison for daughter’s death
By Peter Bodley on September 20, 2012 at 7:00 am
A 26-year-old man has been sent to prison for 128 months by an Anoka County District Court judge for the death of his five-month-old daughter in Coon Rapids in May 2011.
At sentencing Sept. 12, Judge Tammi Fredrickson gave Joshua Allen VanHoutan credit for 491 day spent in jail since his arrest.
But Steven Meshbesher, VanHoutan’s attorney, said this week that an appeal of the sentence is under consideration.
Notice of appeal has to be made to the Minnesota Court of Appeals within 60 days of the sentence, according to Meshbesher.
In late June, Van Houtan had entered what is known as an Alford plea to a second-degree murder without intent charge.
By entering an Alford plea, Van Houtan maintained his innocence, but admitted that based on the evidence, there was a substantial likelihood that a jury would find him guilty.
According to court documents, in exchange for the Alford plea, prosecutors from the Anoka County Attorney’s Office agreed not to seek an aggravated sentence.
Under state sentencing guidelines, the range for sentencing for unintentional second-degree murder is from 128 to 180 months.
The Anoka County Attorney’s Office sought a higher sentence than was given.
But Meshbesher said in a phone interview that he asked the court for substantial departure from sentencing guidelines, specifically probation and jail, rather than prison time.
“That would be of benefit to the state as well as the defendant,” he said.
At an evidentiary hearing in July, Meshbesher had two medical experts testify on VanHoutan’s behalf, while at the sentencing hearing Sept. 12, family members of victim spoke in support of VanHoutan.
That included the mother of the child, the mother’s family and his father, according to Meshbesher.
While sitting in jail, VanHoutan could have been in a program that would help him understand what happened, Meshbesher said.
There was never any intent to harm the baby; it was a gross miscalculation on his part, he said.
What happened was “completely accidental,” Meshbesher said.
VanHoutan’s daughter, Alexis, was admitted to Mercy Hospital May 11, 2011 where an examination found that she had retinal hemorrhaging and significant bleeding on the brain consistent with being shaken and she was then transferred to Minneapolis Children’s Hospital where she underwent surgery to alleviate the pressure inside of her skull, but she died May 15, 2011, the Anoka County Attorney’s Office stated in a press release.
The baby’s mother told police that Alexis was being cared for by VanHoutan, the baby’s father, at their Coon Rapids home while she was at work, according to the criminal complaint filed against VanHoutan.
When she left for work at about 4 a.m. May 11, 2011 the baby was asleep after being given a bottle by VanHoutan, but at about 9 a.m., she said she got a telephone call from VanHoutan indicating something was wrong with the baby, then another call about 10 a.m. stating the baby would not wake up and “her arms were frail.”
The mother left work, returned to their residence, dressed the baby and brought her to the hospital. In a voluntary statement to an Anoka County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division (CID) investigator, VanHoutan said that between 6:30 and 6:45 a.m. Alexis woke up and he took her into the living room to play, but she was fussy.
Initially, VanHoutan denied harming his daughter, but when he was told it was important for doctors to know how the baby was hurt, he admitted to shaking his daughter twice because she would not calm down.
Using a forensic interview doll, VanHoutan demonstrated shaking Alexis, causing her head to forcibly jerk back and forth.
Later in a post-Miranda statement after being taken into custody, VanHoutan admitted he first shook Alexis about 6:30 a.m., then after about two hours her body was limp and she had trouble keeping her eyes open, prompting him to call the baby’s mother between 9 and 10 a.m. to tell her that Alexis would not wake up and that she was limp.
VanHoutan and the baby’s mother lived at a Flamingo Street address with their three children, two of them twins including Alexis, and the mother’s father, according to the complaint.
Dad is identified as JOSHUA ALLEN VANHOUTAN.
http://abcnewspapers.com/2012/09/20/father-sent-to-prison-for-daughters-death/
Father sent to prison for daughter’s death
By Peter Bodley on September 20, 2012 at 7:00 am
A 26-year-old man has been sent to prison for 128 months by an Anoka County District Court judge for the death of his five-month-old daughter in Coon Rapids in May 2011.
At sentencing Sept. 12, Judge Tammi Fredrickson gave Joshua Allen VanHoutan credit for 491 day spent in jail since his arrest.
But Steven Meshbesher, VanHoutan’s attorney, said this week that an appeal of the sentence is under consideration.
Notice of appeal has to be made to the Minnesota Court of Appeals within 60 days of the sentence, according to Meshbesher.
In late June, Van Houtan had entered what is known as an Alford plea to a second-degree murder without intent charge.
By entering an Alford plea, Van Houtan maintained his innocence, but admitted that based on the evidence, there was a substantial likelihood that a jury would find him guilty.
According to court documents, in exchange for the Alford plea, prosecutors from the Anoka County Attorney’s Office agreed not to seek an aggravated sentence.
Under state sentencing guidelines, the range for sentencing for unintentional second-degree murder is from 128 to 180 months.
The Anoka County Attorney’s Office sought a higher sentence than was given.
But Meshbesher said in a phone interview that he asked the court for substantial departure from sentencing guidelines, specifically probation and jail, rather than prison time.
“That would be of benefit to the state as well as the defendant,” he said.
At an evidentiary hearing in July, Meshbesher had two medical experts testify on VanHoutan’s behalf, while at the sentencing hearing Sept. 12, family members of victim spoke in support of VanHoutan.
That included the mother of the child, the mother’s family and his father, according to Meshbesher.
While sitting in jail, VanHoutan could have been in a program that would help him understand what happened, Meshbesher said.
There was never any intent to harm the baby; it was a gross miscalculation on his part, he said.
What happened was “completely accidental,” Meshbesher said.
VanHoutan’s daughter, Alexis, was admitted to Mercy Hospital May 11, 2011 where an examination found that she had retinal hemorrhaging and significant bleeding on the brain consistent with being shaken and she was then transferred to Minneapolis Children’s Hospital where she underwent surgery to alleviate the pressure inside of her skull, but she died May 15, 2011, the Anoka County Attorney’s Office stated in a press release.
The baby’s mother told police that Alexis was being cared for by VanHoutan, the baby’s father, at their Coon Rapids home while she was at work, according to the criminal complaint filed against VanHoutan.
When she left for work at about 4 a.m. May 11, 2011 the baby was asleep after being given a bottle by VanHoutan, but at about 9 a.m., she said she got a telephone call from VanHoutan indicating something was wrong with the baby, then another call about 10 a.m. stating the baby would not wake up and “her arms were frail.”
The mother left work, returned to their residence, dressed the baby and brought her to the hospital. In a voluntary statement to an Anoka County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division (CID) investigator, VanHoutan said that between 6:30 and 6:45 a.m. Alexis woke up and he took her into the living room to play, but she was fussy.
Initially, VanHoutan denied harming his daughter, but when he was told it was important for doctors to know how the baby was hurt, he admitted to shaking his daughter twice because she would not calm down.
Using a forensic interview doll, VanHoutan demonstrated shaking Alexis, causing her head to forcibly jerk back and forth.
Later in a post-Miranda statement after being taken into custody, VanHoutan admitted he first shook Alexis about 6:30 a.m., then after about two hours her body was limp and she had trouble keeping her eyes open, prompting him to call the baby’s mother between 9 and 10 a.m. to tell her that Alexis would not wake up and that she was limp.
VanHoutan and the baby’s mother lived at a Flamingo Street address with their three children, two of them twins including Alexis, and the mother’s father, according to the complaint.
Police: Dad broke infant daughter's thumb to stop her thumb-sucking (Port St. Lucie, Florida)
Dad is identified as ORANE GOWANS.
http://www.cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_2308.shtml
POLICE: Port St. Lucie father broke infant daughter's hand to stop her thumb-sucking
By Scott T. Smith / CBS12.com
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Police say a 28-year-old Port St. Lucie man broke his infant daughter's hand trying to break her of a thumb-sucking habit.
Port St. Lucie Police arrested Orane Gowans on a child abuse charge Thursday after the 5-month-old girl was taken to the hospital, revealing several broken bones in her hand.
Police report the mother noticed her daughter's hand was swollen and sensitive to touch on Monday. When she asked Gowans, her husband and the child's biological father, if he knew what happened, he said he didn't but suspected it ws a big bite and told her not to take the girl to a doctor.
After a couple of days, the mother took her daughter to the hospital. When police interviewed Gowans about the injury, he said he had slapped her hand and pulled it away from her mouth to stop her from suckign her thumb.
Gowans was lodged at the St. Lucie county jail.
http://www.cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_2308.shtml
POLICE: Port St. Lucie father broke infant daughter's hand to stop her thumb-sucking
By Scott T. Smith / CBS12.com
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Police say a 28-year-old Port St. Lucie man broke his infant daughter's hand trying to break her of a thumb-sucking habit.
Port St. Lucie Police arrested Orane Gowans on a child abuse charge Thursday after the 5-month-old girl was taken to the hospital, revealing several broken bones in her hand.
Police report the mother noticed her daughter's hand was swollen and sensitive to touch on Monday. When she asked Gowans, her husband and the child's biological father, if he knew what happened, he said he didn't but suspected it ws a big bite and told her not to take the girl to a doctor.
After a couple of days, the mother took her daughter to the hospital. When police interviewed Gowans about the injury, he said he had slapped her hand and pulled it away from her mouth to stop her from suckign her thumb.
Gowans was lodged at the St. Lucie county jail.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Wife killer to apply for custody of kids--with help from the taxpayers (Queensland, Australia)
If UNNAMED DAD had any decency at all, he'd leave these kids alone so they had some chance of healing. But because he's the king of all douchebags, he's gonna continue to traumatize them in anyway he can.
Douchebags will always be with us. But the law--with the help of the taxpayers--doesn't need to play the role of douchebag enabler. For this we can blame the Australian fathers' rights movement.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/wife-killer-to-apply-for-custody-of-kids/story-fndo1yus-1226478429179?sv=f434b576496a241a506bd95e96b1e868#.UFuVrGUWAW4.twitter
Wife killer to apply for custody of kids
Ainsley Pavey
The Courier-Mail
September 21, 201212:00AM
A CONVICTED killer who strangled and stabbed his wife to death in the presence of their three small children is set to seek custody.
And his legal fight will be funded by the Queensland taxpayer while the devoted children's guardian will have to stump up his own money to avoid the "partly psychotic'' killer regaining custody of the children.
The law allows for the killer to apply for custody once he finishes his sentence.
He can apply for parole in April next year after he was jailed last year following a Mental Health Court ruling that the heavy cannabis user had "diminished responsibility" for his crime.
He strangled his wife and then stabbed her to death in the presence of his children, who were aged 1, 2 and 4 at the time. The Courier-Mail is unable to identify the killer for legal reasons.
Last month, an appeal by the previous attorney-general failed to increase his nine-year manslaughter sentence.
The state's Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie has so far ruled out taking the case to the High Court.
Mr Bleijie, who has been campaigning for tougher sentences since the LNP's election, said the man was due for parole in April 2013 after being on remand for the crime since his arrest in 2008.
"At this point, his application will be reviewed by the parole board," Mr Bleijie said. "Parole is not a given."
He said legal aid funding was determined on a "case by case basis" and there was nothing stopping the killer from seeking custody at this stage.
"There is no provision in the Child Protection Act that states convicted murderers are unable to apply for custody of children,'' Mr Bliejie said.
"Those convicted of manslaughter are not prevented from applying for custody.''
The victim's family have demanded an overhaul of the Child Protection Act to stop the custody bid, arguing they have spent $7500 so far to get guardianship through the courts.
It is likely a legal bill to fight for custody of the children will run into the tens of thousands of dollars.
One family member told The Courier-Mail the eldest child could describe the entire attack in "vivid detail".
The children, now aged five, six and eight, have been undergoing counselling since learning of the killer's plans to apply for custody.
"They fear him," the family member said. "The mental shock has been terrible.
"He is the surviving parent, he is partly psychotic and the law should be that you lose your rights to your kids. It is bad enough that they had to see it."
The killer pleaded guilty to a lesser charge after he was originally charged with murder. He was sentenced on the basis of the Mental Health Court ruling he was delusional and wrongly believed his wife and her family were trying to steal his money, take his children and poison him.
A Department of Child Safety spokesperson has refused to comment on the case.
But DOCS has confirmed "parents retain their parental rights and responsibilities" to their children unless they are "extinguished or limited" by either the Family Court or Children's Court.
Douchebags will always be with us. But the law--with the help of the taxpayers--doesn't need to play the role of douchebag enabler. For this we can blame the Australian fathers' rights movement.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/wife-killer-to-apply-for-custody-of-kids/story-fndo1yus-1226478429179?sv=f434b576496a241a506bd95e96b1e868#.UFuVrGUWAW4.twitter
Wife killer to apply for custody of kids
Ainsley Pavey
The Courier-Mail
September 21, 201212:00AM
A CONVICTED killer who strangled and stabbed his wife to death in the presence of their three small children is set to seek custody.
And his legal fight will be funded by the Queensland taxpayer while the devoted children's guardian will have to stump up his own money to avoid the "partly psychotic'' killer regaining custody of the children.
The law allows for the killer to apply for custody once he finishes his sentence.
He can apply for parole in April next year after he was jailed last year following a Mental Health Court ruling that the heavy cannabis user had "diminished responsibility" for his crime.
He strangled his wife and then stabbed her to death in the presence of his children, who were aged 1, 2 and 4 at the time. The Courier-Mail is unable to identify the killer for legal reasons.
Last month, an appeal by the previous attorney-general failed to increase his nine-year manslaughter sentence.
The state's Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie has so far ruled out taking the case to the High Court.
Mr Bleijie, who has been campaigning for tougher sentences since the LNP's election, said the man was due for parole in April 2013 after being on remand for the crime since his arrest in 2008.
"At this point, his application will be reviewed by the parole board," Mr Bleijie said. "Parole is not a given."
He said legal aid funding was determined on a "case by case basis" and there was nothing stopping the killer from seeking custody at this stage.
"There is no provision in the Child Protection Act that states convicted murderers are unable to apply for custody of children,'' Mr Bliejie said.
"Those convicted of manslaughter are not prevented from applying for custody.''
The victim's family have demanded an overhaul of the Child Protection Act to stop the custody bid, arguing they have spent $7500 so far to get guardianship through the courts.
It is likely a legal bill to fight for custody of the children will run into the tens of thousands of dollars.
One family member told The Courier-Mail the eldest child could describe the entire attack in "vivid detail".
The children, now aged five, six and eight, have been undergoing counselling since learning of the killer's plans to apply for custody.
"They fear him," the family member said. "The mental shock has been terrible.
"He is the surviving parent, he is partly psychotic and the law should be that you lose your rights to your kids. It is bad enough that they had to see it."
The killer pleaded guilty to a lesser charge after he was originally charged with murder. He was sentenced on the basis of the Mental Health Court ruling he was delusional and wrongly believed his wife and her family were trying to steal his money, take his children and poison him.
A Department of Child Safety spokesperson has refused to comment on the case.
But DOCS has confirmed "parents retain their parental rights and responsibilities" to their children unless they are "extinguished or limited" by either the Family Court or Children's Court.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Dad who raped daughter for years gets life imprisonment (Soweto, South Africa)
I imagine many prisoner of war camps would have been more pleasant than living under the roof of UNNAMED DAD.
http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2012/09/19/life-imprisonment-for-rapist-father
Wed Sep 19 22:10:45 SAST 2012
Life imprisonment for rapist father
Sep 19, 2012 | Sibongile Mashaba Mpumalanga Correspondent
THE MAN convicted of raping his 13-year-old daughter, who is now 27 -- and fathering three children with her -- has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
Nelspruit magistrate Andre Geldenhuys said the 55-year-old man was not eligible for parole.
The man, from KaNyamazane, Mpumalanga, was found guilty of raping his daughter from 1998 until February 2006 when he was arrested.
Sentencing the father yesterday after it has been postponed 82 times because the man pleaded ill health, Geldenhuys said the man had manipulated and lied to his wife, daughter, family, community, pastors from his church, his lawyers, doctors and the court.
Geldenhuys said: "You used the Bible to deceive your wife and daughter. You made them believe it was your religion to ask your wife to pay ilobolo for your own daughter so that you could continue sleeping with her.
"You said God spoke to you in your dreams. You lied to the entire family. You made them believe that the Bible allowed you to do what you were doing. You told your daughter that she would go to heaven."
For about two hours, while Geldenhuys spoke, the man lay on the floor, coughing and clearing his throat.
"You kept them in your home, which was a prison for them ... a place were they could not be free," Geldenhuys said. "Your own family could not just come to your home. They needed permission and had to give you a date and time for their visit.
"You lied to them, saying the young children were born of your wife. Even your sister (who testified in mitigation of sentence) did not know that the children were born of your own child.
"Truthfully, all the witnesses you called had no knowledge of why you had been arrested."
He said it was clear from evidence given by the man's wife and daughter that they were scared of reporting the matter to the police.
"You have always regarded yourself as a person who is above the law. You ruined the life of your own daughter. You did not rape her only once, but for years. You took away her right to live, her education. She could not live a normal life the way children her age do."
Geldenhuys said the man had tried to manipulate the court into believing he was sick and should be given a lenient sentence.
A relative said his children with his daughter were between one and five years old when he was arrested.
Outside court the man's 29-year-old son said he was happy with the decision.
"It is hard but the court made a decision based on evidence," he said. "Justice has been done. I believe he can change, but there is no hope now that he is being sent to prison for life.
"I have not seen my mother, sister and her children since my father's arrest. I do not know where they are."
The man's lawyer, Sibusiso Chambale, said his client had instructed him to file for leave to appeal both the conviction and sentence. "He believes the court was unfair. He believes the high court will reach a different conclusion." - mashabas@sowetan.co.za
http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2012/09/19/life-imprisonment-for-rapist-father
Wed Sep 19 22:10:45 SAST 2012
Life imprisonment for rapist father
Sep 19, 2012 | Sibongile Mashaba Mpumalanga Correspondent
THE MAN convicted of raping his 13-year-old daughter, who is now 27 -- and fathering three children with her -- has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
Nelspruit magistrate Andre Geldenhuys said the 55-year-old man was not eligible for parole.
The man, from KaNyamazane, Mpumalanga, was found guilty of raping his daughter from 1998 until February 2006 when he was arrested.
Sentencing the father yesterday after it has been postponed 82 times because the man pleaded ill health, Geldenhuys said the man had manipulated and lied to his wife, daughter, family, community, pastors from his church, his lawyers, doctors and the court.
Geldenhuys said: "You used the Bible to deceive your wife and daughter. You made them believe it was your religion to ask your wife to pay ilobolo for your own daughter so that you could continue sleeping with her.
"You said God spoke to you in your dreams. You lied to the entire family. You made them believe that the Bible allowed you to do what you were doing. You told your daughter that she would go to heaven."
For about two hours, while Geldenhuys spoke, the man lay on the floor, coughing and clearing his throat.
"You kept them in your home, which was a prison for them ... a place were they could not be free," Geldenhuys said. "Your own family could not just come to your home. They needed permission and had to give you a date and time for their visit.
"You lied to them, saying the young children were born of your wife. Even your sister (who testified in mitigation of sentence) did not know that the children were born of your own child.
"Truthfully, all the witnesses you called had no knowledge of why you had been arrested."
He said it was clear from evidence given by the man's wife and daughter that they were scared of reporting the matter to the police.
"You have always regarded yourself as a person who is above the law. You ruined the life of your own daughter. You did not rape her only once, but for years. You took away her right to live, her education. She could not live a normal life the way children her age do."
Geldenhuys said the man had tried to manipulate the court into believing he was sick and should be given a lenient sentence.
A relative said his children with his daughter were between one and five years old when he was arrested.
Outside court the man's 29-year-old son said he was happy with the decision.
"It is hard but the court made a decision based on evidence," he said. "Justice has been done. I believe he can change, but there is no hope now that he is being sent to prison for life.
"I have not seen my mother, sister and her children since my father's arrest. I do not know where they are."
The man's lawyer, Sibusiso Chambale, said his client had instructed him to file for leave to appeal both the conviction and sentence. "He believes the court was unfair. He believes the high court will reach a different conclusion." - mashabas@sowetan.co.za
Rapist dad convicted of sexually abusing daughter (Jackson County, Oregon)
Dad is identified as WILLIAM HENRY THOMPSON.
The restitution is a joke....
http://www.kobi5.com/component/zoo/item/father-convicted-of-sexually-abusing-daughter-another-is-sentenced.html
Father Convicted Of Sexually Abusing Daughter & Another Is Sentenced
Posted: Tue, September 18 2012 at 5:37 PM, Updated: Tue, September 18 2012 at 7:38 PM
Jackson County Circuit Court
Fifty year old William Henry Thompson was sentenced to more than seventy years in prison after being found guilty by a jury on twenty-six counts of sex abuse, rape, sodomy and compelling to commit prostitution.
Inside a Jackson County courtroom, letters were read by the convicted abuser and one of the victims- his daughter. In his letter addressing the court, Thompson claimed his innocence saying his daughter lied about the abuse and that she needed counseling. Thompson also refused to sign a document that would register him as a sex offender in the state of Oregon. The state could prosecute him for that which is a felony but they didn't say if they would yet.
Thompson's daughter also addressed the court. In her letter she said to her father, "I love but I hate you...you are the only one to blame." Restitution was granted in the amount of around $3,000 dollars. Outside the courtroom, another daughter of the convicted abuser claims that he's innocent adding that they will seek for an appeal
The restitution is a joke....
http://www.kobi5.com/component/zoo/item/father-convicted-of-sexually-abusing-daughter-another-is-sentenced.html
Father Convicted Of Sexually Abusing Daughter & Another Is Sentenced
Posted: Tue, September 18 2012 at 5:37 PM, Updated: Tue, September 18 2012 at 7:38 PM
Jackson County Circuit Court
Fifty year old William Henry Thompson was sentenced to more than seventy years in prison after being found guilty by a jury on twenty-six counts of sex abuse, rape, sodomy and compelling to commit prostitution.
Inside a Jackson County courtroom, letters were read by the convicted abuser and one of the victims- his daughter. In his letter addressing the court, Thompson claimed his innocence saying his daughter lied about the abuse and that she needed counseling. Thompson also refused to sign a document that would register him as a sex offender in the state of Oregon. The state could prosecute him for that which is a felony but they didn't say if they would yet.
Thompson's daughter also addressed the court. In her letter she said to her father, "I love but I hate you...you are the only one to blame." Restitution was granted in the amount of around $3,000 dollars. Outside the courtroom, another daughter of the convicted abuser claims that he's innocent adding that they will seek for an appeal
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