Hematomas, bruises and a gunshot wound: in Poltava region, a man is suspected of torturing children
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A 38-year-old man was arrested in Kremenchuk, who, while intoxicated, beat two minor children of his roommate. The children were hospitalized, according to the police of the Poltava region. According to the law enforcement officers, on the evening of July 20, an employee of the city supermarket called line 102. He said that a minor girl who had injuries on her face and body turned to him for help. The law enforcement officers found out that the 8-year-old child and her 6-year-old brother were beaten by an inebriated stepfather. Photo: Office of the Prosecutor General The children were found to have numerous bruises, welts and hematomas. The boy also had a gunshot wound to the wrist. “There are objective reasons to believe that this is not the first time that the man has used violence against the children of his 29-year-old roommate,” Serhiy Rekun, deputy chief of the police of the Poltava region, said. During the search, in the apartment where the family lives, the investigators found and seized an air pistol. Photo: Police of Poltava Oblast. The injured children and their mother are currently in the hospital, the husband has been detained. A pre-trial investigation has been initiated into the fact of torture of minors (Part 1 of Article 127 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The sanction provides for deprivation of liberty for a period of three to six years. According to the Office of the Prosecutor General, the incident happened in a large family. “A 38-year-old local resident, being in a state of alcoholic intoxication, demanded from children to confess to stealing money. He beat the 8-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son of his roommate,” the Prosecutor General’s Office added. Photo: Office of the Prosecutor General Yuriy Sulayev, the spokesman of the police of the Poltava region, told “UP. Life” in a comment that the family has four children, all of whom are minors. “The family was registered as one that found itself in difficult life circumstances. The injured children are now in the hospital with their mother, and the youngest child, who is a few weeks old, is there with them. Another boy is with his grandmother,” the spokesperson added. We will remind that a man who raped the daughter of his roommate for three years was sentenced in Kyiv. Also read: A man who raped a 13-year-old daughter for more than a year was arrested in Kyiv region
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