Barbaric: Pregnant woman burns step daughter for alleged bed wetting

Rebecca Awanu is currently in the grips of the Amasaman police helping in investigations

A woman believed to be pregnant has been arrested by the police in Amasaman after it came to light that she had poured hot water on her 5-year-old step daughter for alleged bedwetting.

News of Rebecca Awanu’s inhumane act defeats the World Children Day celebrated barely two days ago, which sought to conscientise people about the rights of children and the need to protect them.

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According to reports, Headmaster of Odumprala MA Basic School, Emmanuel Atisey, disclosed to Oman Fm that the victim had been absent from school for three weeks after she had been reported ill of malaria.

He said when the little girl finally reported to school on Wednesday, Gentian Violet was found applied to wounds on her legs.

Though the girl was unwilling to disclose her ordeal, an investigation by the school authorities revealed severe wounds all over her buttocks sustained from burns.

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School authorities then took the girl to the hospital and examinations revealed that she suffered serious burns.

Police said the girl’s vagina had been damaged and infected per the report from the Amasaman Hospital.

Rebecca Awanu has since been arrested and detained by the Amasaman police pending investigation and a possible prosecution.

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