Burned girl despite pleas LAWYER WANTS MOM TO GO HOME

The Toronto Sun ^ | May 11, 2004 | TRACY MCLAUGHLIN

[GMMAC]

Burned girl despite pleas

BUT LAWYER WANTS MOM TO GO HOME

By TRACY MCLAUGHLIN, SPECIAL TO THE TORONTO SUN

A LITTLE girl would have screamed in agony and begged for mercy as her mother burned her flesh with a hot utensil that she heated on the stove, a Crown attorney told a Newmarket court yesterday. "But instead of mercy, this mother re-heats the spoon to burn again and again," said Michael Demczur in his closing arguments in a case where a 42-year-old mother burned her 8-year-old daughter dozens of times between her fingers, on her arms and legs, leaving ugly scabs and scars.

Court heard the mother did it because the child was acting out in school by bullying and showing her bare chest to the boys in March 2003. She pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon and aggravated assault.

"It boggles the mind," said Demczur who wants a jail sentence to send a message to society.

A former school teacher in the mother's home country of Iran testified burning the flesh of disobedient children is an accepted punishment in lower classes of third world countries.

In court, the mother sat stoned-faced as her lawyer, Darren Sederoff, asked the judge to let her serve a conditional sentence in her home.

"Her only intent was to help the child -- throwing her in jail will not help this family," he said, noting the Children's Aid Society plans to slowly re-integrate the mother back into her home with her husband and two children.

Justice Peter Tetley will make his decision May 28.

[GMMAC]

This one exposes a host of politically-correct lies including - but not limited to:

1. Women are NEVER violent or abusive - only men are.

2. Publicly-funded "child protection" outfits, first and foremost, care about children's well-being.

3. Third world peoples have much to contribute to our North American "multicultural mossiac".

[thoughtomator]

A former school teacher in the mother's home country of Iran testified burning the flesh of disobedient children is an accepted punishment in lower classes of third world countries.

You realize, of course, that where she comes from, women are treated in that way and worse as a matter of routine day-to-day life.

[Cicero]

Burning little girls is a regular thing in Iran? And, according to a story yesterday, killing surplus female babies seems to be common in Arab countries too.

Yes, it's notable that the mother did this. Although Arab and other Muslim societies are male dominated, and women are treated like property or chattels, the women generally are eager to help enforce the rules.

[fml]

Justice Peter Tetley will make his decision May 28.

I could make a decision in about 3 seconds - whats to decide?

[thoughtomator]

Whether to have the government pay the woman's lawyer's fees AND the girl's medical costs, or just the former, if history is any guide.

[kenth]

"Her only intent was to help the child -- throwing her in jail will not help this family,"

So that means that while the mother is in jail, she won't recognize that this sort of behavior will land her in jail, and the child will continue to be burned?

[jtminton]

showing her bare chest to the boys

This tells me that spoon burning probably wasn't the only type of abuse this little girl was subject to. Sad.

[festus]

In keeping with the cultural sensitivity we should have the mother executed by stoning.

[Squawk 8888]

From what I've heard that witness was hand-picked. That sort of punishment may have been used in Iran but it certainly isn't considered acceptable.