An American couple is facing the death penalty in Uganda after being charged with child trafficking and torturing a foster child.
An American couple is facing the death penalty in Uganda after being charged with child trafficking and torturing one of three foster kids from a Christian ministry there in their care.
The Spencers are accused of torturing the 10-year-old boy, one of three they fostered in 2018, a year after moving to Uganda for humanitarian work.The couple kept the boy barefoot and “naked throughout the day,” and “would occasionally make him squat in an awkward position, with his head facing the floor and hands spread out widely,” police said.
A caregiver told police that only one child was tortured because the foster parents accused him of being stubborn, hyperactive and mentally unstable,“I wanted to leave the job, but I knew if I left without doing something about it, the torture would continue,” the caregiver reportedly said. The couple recruited, transported and kept the child through “abuse of position of vulnerability for purposes of exploitation”, according to the charge sheet.
“Last time we were in court, the state said that inquiries are complete and yet today they added a new charge and said that inquiries are ongoing,” she told Agence France-Presse .The lawyer previously requested the Spencers be released on bail, claiming they had unspecified ailments that could not be treated in prison.REUTERS
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