Texsox Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 Couple admit confining boys for 13 years Two teenagers found dressed in diapers Kept locked away, beaten regularly STAN JOSEY STAFF REPORTER A Durham Region couple who kept their two adopted boys confined in makeshift cages and beat them regularly over 13 years have pleaded guilty to several criminal charges. The house of horrors for the children, discovered after relatives filed a complaint in May, 2001, shocked Durham police and children's aid officials, who found one of the youths — then 15 — curled up in a makeshift cage fashioned from a baby crib. The cage was strapped to a wall and padlocked in a ramshackle two-storey farmhouse outside of Blackstock, near Port Perry. A 14-year-old came out of another bedroom, which also contained a cage. Durham Region police Detective Constable Kate Lang and her partner, Constable Tim Maw, released the 15-year-old and told him he would never have to suffer this treatment again, court was told. "Really?" the bewildered teen responded. The boys were taken into foster care that day. Since then, they are "doing as well as can be expected," Lang said. They both attend high school now. "This has been a very difficult case for everyone involved from the beginning," said Lang who had been on the child abuse squad only for a month at the time. Police charged the adoptive parents, the father is 51 and the mother 42, with several counts relating to more than 10 years of abuse. They also charged an adult male relative, alleged to have assisted with the abuse, with assault with a weapon and two charges of forcible confinement. None of the accused can be named to protect the identity of the boys. The couple agreed to each plead guilty to assault with a weapon, forcible confinement and failure to provide the necessities of life at the end of their preliminary hearing this week as part of a plea bargain. Sentencing is scheduled for April. At the preliminary hearing, relatives, including the couple's natural daughter, recounted a sad tale of abuse suffered by the boys, who were biological nephews of the woman, from the time they were adopted at the ages of one and two. The hearing was told the boys attended school during the day, but in the evening were sent back to their cages. On weekends and holidays, they often were allowed downstairs for a bowl of cereal in the morning and then sent back to their cages, wearing diapers, where they would spend the rest of the day. The adoptive mother was described to the court as a domineering, controlling woman whose husband was an illiterate and dyslexic handyman, who beat the boys on her command. The woman claimed both boys were "mentally challenged" and would run away and cause trouble if they were not confined to their cribs. The relative, now 31, has yet to come to trial on his charges. With files From torstar news service Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan420 Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 these people need to rot in jail the rest of there lives for what they have done to these kids, im hoping the boys can have a somewhat normal life after this experince. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 I do not know to cry or, beat someone senseless I think I choose cry. This is just so sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiff Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 People are so f***ed up. That is my motto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 Put em in general population at the prison and tell everyone why they are there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 BUBBA! Come QUICK! We got some newbies here that deserve the cage treatment! They couldn't do that, they'd get killed in a real prision. Oh wait... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Prawn Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 The really scary/sad thing is that stories like this seem to come out ever few months. How could no one in that neighborhood, at the school or else where not see something wasn't right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted January 16, 2004 Author Share Posted January 16, 2004 all they needed were a few nice parks, decent employment, and everything would have been fine. They did not need any parenting classes or b.s. like that, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonkeyKongerko Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 all they needed were a few nice parks, decent employment, and everything would have been fine. They did not need any parenting classes or b.s. like that, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSteve Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 BUBBA! Come QUICK! We got some newbies here that deserve the cage treatment! They couldn't do that, they'd get killed in a real prision. Oh wait... Bingo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baggio202 Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 these people need to rot in jail the rest of there lives for what they have done to these kids, im hoping the boys can have a somewhat normal life after this experince. the really sad thing in this story outside of the abuse is these people already plea bargined most of the charges away..wouldnt be surprised if they didnt any jail time..propably just going to a mental hospital for treatment or something like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1549 Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 In prison they will hear Billy Bob Thorton's favirote line in "Bad Santa": 'You Aren't gonna s*** right for a week' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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