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According to our colleagues at Radio-Canada, the Canadian justice system is arguing that the 12-year-old boy and his 10-year-old brother, who were placed with Brandy Cooney and Becky Hamber in the city of Burlington, Ontario, from 2017 to 2022, were victims of abuse of rare violence. They were allegedly abused, tortured and starved until the elder died of a heart attack.
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According to our Canadian colleagues, the two boys lived a daily life of extreme violence. They had to wear wetsuits with ties at the ankles to prevent them from going to the toilet. These devices were considered a “torture technique“ according to the prosecutor and caused lasting injuries to the youngest.
On their bed, a tent was set up and closed every night for them to stay in until the next morning. “The youngest said that he did not like these suits, because they were uncomfortable, nor that he was forbidden to see his brother or go to the toilet,” the prosecutor said, before adding that “he was terrified to go home, because school was safer than his home“.
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What about child welfare in this case? According to the Canadian justice system Brandy Cooney and Becky Hamber, the adoptive mothers of the two children “reduced their contact with the Children’s Aid Society as much as possible and social workers should not come to their home without notifying them“. “The social workers took their word for it,” the prosecutor regretted.