Evil mum fed baby to rats
By JOHN ASKILL
A CRUEL mum tortured her baby by forcing her pet rats to EAT him. The tot was left in agony as the rodents were held to his face and hands — then tormented into gnawing his flesh.
Horrified doctors found the 14-month-old covered in crescent-shaped bite marks, a court heard.
His mum — who had five white rats — was furious at being left to look after the baby while her lover went on holiday.
Yesterday she showed no emotion as she was jailed for five years.
The baby’s grandparents wept at Lincoln Crown Court.
The mum, 21, who cannot be named to protect the baby’s identity, denied GBH with intent.
She claimed she found her tiny son bloodied in his bed at Sutton Bridge, Lincs — telling a jury: “I cried and just freaked out”.
But she was convicted of the horror after an RSPCA expert said: “The rats must have been placed or put in a position contacting the upper part of the child’s body.”
He added that the rats would also have had to be in pain to bite.
The tot — also suffering from neglect when rushed to hospital — will be scarred for life.
A consultant said the boy, now adopted, suffered a “protracted and savage biting by an animal”.
Judge Michael Heath told the mum: “This was a bizarre and cruel act”.