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August 25, 2023 | 2:26pm
A North Carolina mother who compelled her 9-year-old stepson to stay exterior in a canine cage in freezing circumstances has been jailed by a decide who stated the case will “haunt” him.
Sarah Starr, 30, on Tuesday was sentenced to 9 to 12 years in jail after pleading responsible to abusing the boy, who was hardly ever fed whereas being locked up exterior in 28-degree temperatures, WFMY reported.
“I’ve never seen or experienced something quite so horrific,” Superior Court Judge Richard Gottlieb advised her, though he has “seen murders and rapes” and “horrific abuses.”
“As a parent, I am horrified. I am speechless,” Gottlieb advised Starr, who additionally poured water within the defenseless boy’s face as punishment.
“This will haunt me for the rest of my judicial career.”
Starr was arrested in October 2022 alongside together with her aunt and the boy’s dad after Lexington police have been tipped off concerning the boy being padlocked contained in the cage.
The boy was left with some clothes, however “not enough to sustain warmth for this child,” Sheriff Richie Simmons stated on the time. He additionally was seldom fed — after which solely spicy meals to punish him, in keeping with the outlet.
In one occasion, Starr grabbed her stepson’s head, yanked it again and poured water on his face as punishment, WFMY reported, citing courtroom paperwork.
Starr pleaded responsible to 3 felony counts of negligent baby abuse inflicting critical psychological and emotional damage, and two felony counts of kid abuse inflicting critical bodily damage, the report stated.
Social providers officers eliminated the kid, together with an toddler, a 4-year-old and two elementary-age kids who all lived on the hellish home.
Star’s aunt, Shelley Lucille Barnes, has pleaded responsible to 2 felony counts of negligent baby abuse, Law and Crime reported.
She was sentenced to a minimal of seven 1/2 years in jail.
The standing of the accusations in opposition to the boy’s father, Jonathan Starr — who was additionally hit with felony baby abuse costs — was unclear.
Since being rescued from the home, the boy has been dwelling in California with a grandparent and is “thriving,” WFMY reported.
The different kids additionally live elsewhere.
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