American husband and wife sentenced for starving, maltreating children adopted from Ghana
An American husband and wife have been sentenced to two years probation for offenses against two children they adopted from Ghana.
The couple were said to have starved the children as well as maltreating them for years.
The children, a boy and a girl were adopted from Ghana a couple of years ago by Kenny Fry, 42, and his wife Kelly, 40.
The court held that the couple neglected the 11 year old boy and 10 year old girl to the extent that they were badly malnourished.
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The children told social workers that they were locked indoors for with nothing to eat.
Thankfully a neighbor noticed them locked up in their room and alerted the authorities who came to rescue them.
She told KCCI: ‘They were knocking on the door. ‘It sounded like they were crying, “Let me in.” ‘I can’t say exactly what they were saying, but I could hear crying out. ‘I just thought, “Something is not right” Just knowing it was so cold outside and those poor kids were locked out.’
After being taken into care the children told social workers that if they left their rooms, an alarm would sound, with the Frys then forcing them to perform squat and push-up exercises as punishment.
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Doctors discovered the girl had a distended abdomen consistent with malnutrition, while her brother was undersized for his age.
The children were made to live in a single bare bedroom furnished with a small plastic mat, blanket and bucket for them to use as a toilet. They also told social workers how they’d been made to eat oatmeal for breakfast, lunch and dinner, the Des Moines Register reported.
The Frys other five children were cared for properly, allowed to live comfortably, and eat a varied diet. Kenny and Kelly Fry admitted two counts of child endangerment after striking a plea deal which saw more serious felony charges dropped.
They were sentenced to two years probation, 100 hours community service, and a fine of $12,500.
The Frys tried to claim their abuse of the children was to punish them for misbehaving.
After removing the youngsters from their care, social workers said they behaved well and nothing like the way alleged by their adoptive parents.
source: MetroUK
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