MELBOURNE ( Halbeeg News) – A court in Australia has sentenced a Somali father to over 2 years after he was found guilty of mistreating his two sons.
According to The West Australia article posted on Monday, Abdiwali Ahmed Aden reportedly rubbed chilli sauce in the eyes of his two sons.
He was also found guilty of canning his children with a stick when they misbehaved at school.
The prosecutors said Abdiwali Ahmed Aden left his 10-year-old and eight-year-old sons with bruising leading physical injuries.
District Court Judge Gillian Braddock sentenced the father to two years and nine months jail over the brutality. She said to then rub chilli sauce in the boys’ faces “went so far beyond what might be regarded as punishment for misbehavior as to be sadistic cruelty”.
Judge Braddock said Aden, 44, had learnt his children had been in trouble at school before he took a stick and subjected them to an “excessive beating” to their arms, legs, and backs, leaving them with injuries that were still visible when doctors examined the pair 10 days later.
It was during the same attack — and in subsequent violent episodes also sparked by apparent misbehavior at school — Aden rubbed chilli in the boys’ eyes and mouths despite protests from his wife, who went to police the following week.
“To subject anybody, but especially a young child, to assault by applying chilli sauce to the vulnerable part of the face … is so remarkable and cruel, it is hard to believe that any father would do such a thing,” Judge Braddock said.
Aden, who admitted using a stick to discipline the boys during his trial in December but said he struck only their hands and arms, was convicted of repeatedly assaulting the boys and engaging in conduct that may result in harm to a child.
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