Man Convicted Of Child Cruelty For Making Kid Watch A Horror Film
Yes, you did read that headline correctly. The UK’s Mirror is reporting that a few days ago a 53-year-old man named Peter Bayliss was convicted on child cruelty charges for forcing a child to watch George Romero’s classic zombie film ‘Night of the Living Dead’. The charges have come 20 years after the night he showed the film to the girl, 6 at the time, as a punishment for misbehaving. Bayliss’ alcoholism was blamed for his lack of judgement at the time of the incident. He was convicted and sentenced by the Shrewsbury Crown Court, receiving a six-month suspended sentence, as well as 160 hours of community service. There is no word to why it took 20 years for charges to be filed. This was not sustained abuse but you, quite deliberately, made a child watch a horror film as a punishment for behaving like a child.” The court said to Bayliss. “And she suffered, not in a long-term psychological
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