(Otago Daily Times) A teenage refugee was subjected to protracted, livestreamed beatings by her own family after supposedly bringing shame on them, a court has heard.
“What’s just absolutely appalling is that she was hit so many times she couldn’t tell the police even an approximate number of blows she’d received,” Judge Kevin Phillips said.
The victim’s mother appeared in the Dunedin District Court last year where she was sentenced to seven months’ home detention for her role in the violence.
On Thursday, the girl’s father received nine months on house arrest after he pleaded guilty to two charges of procuring the attacks while he was working in the North Island.
The couple were given name suppression to protect their daughter.
