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Boy's leg amputated after abuse
Durham, North Carolina - A woman whose grandson had to have one of his legs amputated after he was abused was ordered to spend 14 days behind bars and one year on probation for her role in the case. Desiree Justice, who previously pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact, was sentenced on Tuesday. Prosecutor Mitchell Garrell told a judge that Justice was "the least culpable and most co-operative" of three defendants. The boy's mother, Tanekeia Justice, was sentenced to five to seven to years in prison after she pleaded guilty last month to felonious child abuse. Randall Hargraves, her boyfriend at the time of the abuse, also pleaded guilty in April. He faces 27 to 42 months in prison. Garrell said he believed the four-year-old boy, who was malnourished, was tied to a doorknob in 2004 to prevent him from trying to feed himself at night. When the boy tried to free himself, the restraining cord wound more tightly around his leg and cut off the blood supply, Garrell said. The child's leg was amputated below the knee. Posted by: Fred 2006-06-01 |
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