A mother who burned her son's hands with iron is charged with torture

Manaus – A 25-year-old General Service employee, suspected of burning his son's own son with an iron, was charged with torture on Tuesday. The woman, whose identity has been preserved by the civilian police, will respond freely. The crime was committed Monday (4) in Novo Israel neighborhood, north of Manaus. According to delegate Joyce Coelho, head of the police station specializing in the protection of children and adolescents (Depca), the mother admitted that she had heated the iron and placed it on the floor.

in the hands of the son, as a corrective measure, because he took coins from an aunt.

Still according to the delegate, the boy was very scared and with very bad hands, the initial measurement was to send him to a shelter for social badistance and direct him to immediate medical care.

The child was taken to a shelter until the decision of the court. Childhood and youth "The child was safe and we initially feared immediate medical attention, the burn being very serious," said the delegate, who also said the boy had bruises on his head.

According to the delegate, the boy 's mother testified that the violence against the child occurred only in this case. "But, in particular, I do not believe that a person has reached such an extreme once," Joyce said. According to the report, the boy has no siblings and ignores the biological father.

The woman will answer the case freely. "This is a difficult question because it is a crime involving the family.The conditions were not met for it to be stopped, but an investigation was opened and she left the office, accused to have temporarily lost custody of the child, "said Joyce Coelho.