A couple living in Sweden have been charged with child abuse for trying to exorcise their daughter at age 10 because they thought she was a witch, a prosecutor said.
Parents 'tried to exorcise daughter, 10'
The couple 'think their daughter is a witch and reject the accusation' of abuse, according to prosecutor

The couple, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, "think their daughter is a witch and reject the accusation" of abuse, Daniel Larson, a prosecutor in the western Swedish town of Boraas, said on Friday.

The indictment is based on three alleged acts of abuse committed between February 2007 and February 2008.

The girl, who claims she is not the couple's biological daughter though the parents say otherwise, was allegedly beaten unconscious and forced to drink a concoction made up of a cleaning product and her own urine, according to the charge sheet.

Social services removed the girl, born in 1997, from her parents' custody in 2008 and she has since been living with a foster family. The girl only recently opened up about the alleged abuse "once she felt safe," the prosecutor said.

She had been placed with the foster family because of various reports that she was not being treated well at home. Her school had among other things reported to social services that her parents treated her very differently from her brothers and sisters, for example sending her to school in dirty clothes everyday.

According to the online version of local daily Boraas Tidning, the parents had in 2008 applied for a social welfare cheque to be able to afford a trip to DR Congo to exorcise the girl. The aid was refused and she was shortly thereafter placed in foster care, though the alleged abuse was never investigated at the time.

The trial is due to start in the next few months.

Another similar case went to trial in Boraas last year. The accused, also from DR Congo, were acquitted, and the prosecutor has appealed the verdict.

http://www.examiner.com/article/parents-charged-with-child-abuse-for-exorcism-of-10-year-old-daughter?cid=rss
http://naijapose.com/couple-force-10-year-old-daughter-to-drink-her-own-urine/

The wickedness of some people is unbelievable!

This is how it starts and before you know it, it becomes another Victoria Climbie case. May illiteracy not kill some people.

Ignorant folks. Mtcheew!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2002/victoria_climbie_inquiry/default.stm

Even the bible says that my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge

This is nothing but wickedness, ok, if she is witch, do they want to kill her?

So urine dey medicinal? Na urine biz henceforth o maybe urine drinking fit cure aids o

if i ruled the country, i would give d couple a life sentence n force the couple to eat thier shi;t n drink their urine everyday until they die in prison.
Nigerians can only learn with iron hands.

Damn....wat a relieve....I tot they would say na Naija parents....phew!!!! But still na African parents....I beg my people stop all these rubbish now...if na winch....take her go children's aid now....say u no want her anymore....and when she becomes famous and rich in 20yrs....bring out una ugly heads say no our child....

D world coming to an end

I think say na only akwa ibom and Calabar dey accuse small pikin of witchcrafts,congo too?

Dem for talk say dem won initiate am join witch/wizard asscociation b4 d little girl refused...cos from d story line nah d couple b witch oh.

mosho2good: D world coming to an end

end time mumu

How did they know she's a witch? They too must be charged and forced to eat their poo cos only a witch can identify another

Africans just dey fall hand everywhere

Na waooo, this is unbelievable. Even those abroad believ trash.

Which kain useless exorcism be that!!! And in sweden too!!!........Africans should be careful with practising their beliefs when in europe/usa, dey shld stop giving other black ppl a bad name....d couple don enter am, I trust sweden, dem go collect d girl frm her parents find beta foster home kip am.....den send d parent go prison after which dem go deport dem......

money-hungry :" if i ruled the country, i would give d couple a life sentence n force the couple to eat thier shi;t n drink their urine everyday until they die in prison.
Nigerians can only learn with iron hands".




Didn't know DRC is now synonymous with Nigeria!

Wicked Parent

My mum has asked me to drink my urine before .So kini big deal .For therapeutic reasons though .I no be winch lol

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When I saw "sweden" I been shock.

I know say it must be african parents, na wa for ignorance snd some people,mscheew.

Oh my gosh

Where are members of Jamā'atu Ahlis Sunnah Lādda'awatih wal-Jihad. na dis kind fuk up una suppose de treat na. Grab the woman couple and flog the hell outta her

gboss4sure: Grab the woman couple and flog the hell outta her

You must be a wife-beating male chauvinist pig. You're so excited about the idea of flogging the hell outta a woman that you failed to notice or chose to ignore the fact that the offense was committed by a couple i.e. a man and his wife. People like you should be rounded up and shipped to the Middle East, where you belong. (Apologies to the Middle East.)

money-hungry :
if i ruled the country, i would give d couple a life sentence n force the couple to eat thier shi;t n drink their urine everyday until they die in prison.
Nigerians can only learn with iron hands.

pls read post again. the stuff didn't happen in nigeria, neither are they nigerians.

hollandis: My mum has asked me to drink my urine before .So kini big deal .For therapeutic reasons though .I no be winch lol

Shuu u don't mean it. My wild guess is that it must have tasted like lemonade..u are in the best position 2 confirm this theory.
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Seun:
You must be a wife-beating male chauvinist pig. You're so excited about the idea of flogging the hell outta a woman that you failed to notice or chose to ignore the fact that the offense was committed by a couple i.e. a man and his wife. People like you should be rounded up and shipped to the Middle East, where you belong. (Apologies to the Middle East.)

hmmm...seun!! seun was really pizzed...I never knew you could write like this...

centje: hmmm...seun!! seun was really pizzed...I never knew you could write like this...

So I guess the question becomes.."who bans the banner"

hollandis: My mum has asked me to drink my urine before .So kini big deal .For therapeutic reasons though .I no be winch lol

nothing medicinal about urine. The risks far outweigh the benefits.

money-hungry :
if i ruled the country, i would give d couple a life sentence n force the couple to eat thier shi;t n drink their urine everyday until they die in prison.
Nigerians can only learn with iron hands.

always read the article before jumping to comment, not that the story is that long sef.

Just like a pakistani lady in the u.k who beat her little son to death because he could'nt read the koran properly. Some people are so primitive they makes cave men seem like elites!!

money-hungry :
if i ruled the country, i would give d couple a life sentence n force the couple to eat thier shi;t n drink their urine everyday until they die in prison.
Nigerians can only learn with iron hands.

Chaii, did u read d story well?Wia was it stated dt dey are Nigerians.Some of us are so used 2 hearing bad happenings from Nigeria dt we don't even see anything positive about d country nd dt every bad news has 2 come from it. So quick 2 judge Nigeria.May God have Mercy on Us All.