Садист из Корнуолла приговорен к 12 годам тюрьмы за пытки и избиения приемного сына

69-летний Кевин Кросс получил 12 лет лишения свободы за садистские издевательства над приемным сыном, включая подвешивание его в чердачном помещении. Суд также признал виновным мужчину в попытке сексуального насилия и непристойном посягательстве, за что он был осужден присяжными.

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A 'sadistic' man who hung his stepson from the rafters of an attic in Cornwall has been jailed for 12 years. Kevin Cross, now of Prislow Fields in Falmouth, was convicted by a jury of multiple incidents of child cruelty when the boy was aged nine to 15 years old. Cross, aged 69, was also found guilty of additional charges involving a serious attempted sexual offence and indecent assault. Truro Crown Court heard the stepson died aged 53 from cancer, a month before the trial – but his video-recorded evidence helped to convict Cross, who was described as a "Jekyll and Hyde character" after he had drunk alcohol. The court heard there were "prolonged incidents of sadistic behaviour on multiple occasions", which included the stepson being tied up by his legs in the attic. Recommended reading - Two Cornwall men jailed after £13,000 gunpoint robbery with replica gun - Woman admits preventing lawful burial of body found in Cornwall - Two men steal wallet from partially blind and deaf victim in night-time robbery Referring to the evidence while sentencing on Friday (August 14), the judge, Recorder Christopher Quinlan KC, said the stepson was a "fussy eater", and Cross would hit him on the knuckles with cutlery – both knives and forks – and threw water on his bed at night. The judge said the most severe incidents were when Cross tied the boy’s hands behind his back, bound his ankles together and strung him up from the rafters. He said this happened on many occasions, and the stepson would be left for hours in what the judge called "gratuitous degradation". Cross had been living at an address in St Austell from the mid-1980s when the incidents began. The court also heard that Cross had been drinking in a pub when he attempted to sexually abuse a person known to him as they walked home at night. The defendant was jailed for a total of 12 years and was told he will serve half of that in custody before being eligible to be released on licence.