Ready, aim, fire

Stuff reports:

A Christchurch 5-year-old has been hospitalised with severe facial burns in a child abuse case that has shocked police and social agencies.

A man in his 40s is accused of holding a fan heater to the side of the boy’s face, causing third degree burns from his eyebrows to his chin.

Police have charged the man with wounding with intent to cause the boy grievous bodily harm over the weekend incident at a house in the city’s northeast.

He appeared in the Christchurch District Court on Monday and was remanded in custody without entering a plea.

The man, who has name suppression, will next appear on August 6.

Detective Sergeant Darren Folau, of the police child protection unit, said the injury was “horrific”.

The boy would require major surgery, including skin grafts for the disfiguring burn, he said.

How can a human being do that to a five year old?

There are times when biblical justice seems desirable, and maybe having a heater held to his face for say a couple of hours, would convince him of why you should not torture children?