A 16-year-old boy was locked in a house in St Mary’s for three years by his parents. H Metro reports that Herbert Purumero (45), and his w...
A 16-year-old boy was locked in a house in St Mary’s for three years by his parents.
H Metro reports
that Herbert Purumero (45), and his wife Memory Kamuchato (40), starved
Tinotenda Purumero (16) to such an extent that he ended up feeding up on
anything he saw in the room, including his human waste.
Herbert is the
biological father of Tinotenda while Memory is his step-mother. The couple, who were arrested, appeared before
magistrate Dennis Mangosi who sentenced them to 24 months in prison.
Four months
were suspended on condition of good behaviour and they will each serve an
effective 20 months for the ill-treatment of Tinotenda.
The teenage boy
is currently admitted at a local hospital and he is set to be taken to a care
home.
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