- Boy, eight, was found emaciated in a metal container on a property in rural NSW
- Police found the child in 2015 after he was abused and held captive for days
- Boyfriend of the boy’s mother has been given a maximum sentence of 6.5 years
The shocking abuse of an eight-year-old boy who was beaten and held captive in a shipping container by his mother’s drug-addict boyfriend has been revealed — four years after he was found.
Police found the emaciated boy on a soiled mattress in a metal container on a property in Elands, north-west of Taree in 2015.
The boy had multiple cuts and bruises covering his body and a burn was found on his hand.
An eight-year-old boy was beaten and locked up in a shipping container by his mother’s drug-addict boyfriend until he was found by police in 2015
He had been locked in the container for days without ventilation and was not allowed to use the toilet. As a result he was forced to defecate into a tin
The child had suffered traumatic abuse in the hands of his mother’s boyfriend (left) who was also living on the property with his three other siblings – aged ten, three and 18 months
The victim’s trauma ‘of feeling like an animal’ has been revealed in a court statement at the sentencing of his mother’s former boyfriend.
The boy had been locked in the container for days without ventilation and was not allowed to use the toilet.
As a result he was forced to defecate into a tin.
The man also reportedly ‘kicked the boy, slammed his head into the container, and punched him in the leg,’ Tweed Daily News reports.
The child had suffered traumatic abuse at the hands of his mother’s boyfriend who was also living on the property with his three other siblings – aged ten, three and 18 months.
Police found the emaciated boy locked in a metal container on a property in Elands, north-west of Taree
Police also found a grow room for cannabis production on the property with more than 200 cannabis plants
The mother’s boyfriend was given a six-and-a-half year maximum sentence.
Police also found a grow room for cannabis production on the property with more than 200 cannabis plants.
The mother’s boyfriend was given a six-and-a-half year maximum sentence.
The boy’s mother was also sentenced for false imprisonment and failing to provide for her son.
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