A Child, Youth and Family caregiver beat children in his care, called them ''peasant'' and ''charity kid''
In Napier District Court this morning Purcell, 54, pleaded guilty to three representative charges of assaulting three boys aged between 10 and 14 in 2010 and 2011
罪行列表如下:
The summary of facts includes details of the assaults. These include:
• Lifting a 12-year-old boy by the throat because he was angry the boy was talking while shooting a basketball through a hoop. When the boy cried Purcell told him to ''shut up'' and called him ''a little girl''
• Kicking the same boy in the leg causing him to fall to the ground
• Kicking the boy in his bottom because he claimed the boy was weeding a field of squash too quickly
• Calling the 10-year-old a ''fat boy'' and ''fat c...'' and whipping him with a tea towel while appearing drunk
• Ripping hair from the 10-year-old's head
• Hitting the 14-year-old on the top of his head if he was not weeding to Purcell's liking
• Kicking and hitting the 14-year-old, who he called a ''little peasant''. When the boy was seen limping the next day Purcell told him to ''harden up, mate'' and to ''stop being a little bitch''
• Grabbing the 14-year-old's hand and twisting it behind his back while calling him a ''charity kid'' |