Wednesday, 4 September 2019

WA couple jailed for beating adopted daughter and locking her in shipping container

Perth pair get four-year terms for abuse and neglect of child taken from Philippines

A Western Australian couple who beat their adopted daughter and forced her to sleep in a cold, dark shipping container have both been jailed for four years.

The pair, who cannot be named to protect the child’s identity, adopted her aged nine from the Philippines, where she had suffered trauma at the hands of her birth parents and at an orphanage.

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