Six-year-old left in a coma after stepmother beats child with bamboo sticks and ties him up with a wire
Sun Xiaoqian was found guilty of two counts of intentional assault and maltreatment over the brutal beating of her stepson and was sentenced to 16 years in prison
A stepmother in north-west China was sentenced to 16 years in prison this past week for physically abusing her six-year-old stepson to the extent that he was left in a vegetative state. Sun Xiaoqian was found guilty of beating the child, nicknamed Peng Peng, with bamboo sticks and ropes and tying him up with wire at the Linwei District Court in Shaanxi province of China.
According to the Daily Mail, Xiaoqian was convicted of two counts of intentional assault and maltreatment stemming from the incident that came to light on March 29 last year. The child, who was admitted into a hospital in Xi'an, had been beaten to the point he was left in a coma with serious injuries.
