by Angela Onyebuchi | Feb 20, 2024 | Child Abuse
A father in the UK has been found guilty of killing his six-month-old son who prosecutors said was ‘shaken and battered’ before he died. David Hollick, 29, denied murder and an alternative charge of manslaughter in connection with the death of his baby son...
by Angela Onyebuchi | Feb 16, 2024 | Child Abuse
The Enugu State High Court sitting in Enugu, the state capital, has found a man, Okolie Chigozie Michael, 32, guilty of killing his son. He committed the offence when he was 28 year-old in 2020. Delivering her judgement on the matter, the presiding judge, Justice C....
by Angela Onyebuchi | Feb 13, 2024 | Child Abuse
The federal government has offered a two million Naira reward for information leading to the capture of Mrs. Adachukwu Kukelu Okafor, who is accused of severely burning her 10-year-old maid’s private parts and body. This action follows the circulation of a...
by Angela Onyebuchi | Feb 11, 2024 | Child Abuse
A flight attendant has been accused of secretly recording a 9-year-old girl while she used the bathroom aboard an American Airlines flight. Estes Carter Thompson III, 37, was arrested in January after a 14-year-old girl from North Carolina noticed an iPhone taped to...
by Angela Onyebuchi | Feb 7, 2024 | Child Abuse
Brian Kenneth Urban was caught after the girl’s mother installed cameras in the bedroom to monitor her seizures. Brian, 51, pled guilty to five felony charges after raping his 31-year-old disabled stepdaughter, Ashley Vigil. The 31-year-old woman has a rare...
by Angela Onyebuchi | Feb 2, 2024 | Child Abuse
The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced one Richard Saviour to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his wife’s 14-year-old niece and infecting her with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). During the trial, the State Counsel, Mr Ola Azeez, called...