Toddler fight video shocks British police

“I didn’t see any harm in toughening them up”
–A defendant

Go to original on BBC.A jury at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court was shown the footage Footage of four women goading toddlers to fight has “stunned” police and social services in Devon. The seven-minute footage, filmed at a house by one woman, was shown in a case at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court.

In the clip, a boy wearing a nappy was called a “wimp” for not hitting a girl back after she struck him in the face. Four women admitted child cruelty charges and were released on bail on Wednesday. Det Sgt Andy Kings said the police had been “shocked” by the case.

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