Jail for Stepfather Who Chained Boy to Discipline Him ; Bid to Calm Child 'Spiralled Out of Control'

Sentinel, The; Stoke-on-Trent (UK) › October 01, 2009

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A STEPFATHER was jailed for three years after a court heard he chained his stepson to a chair as punishment up to 70 times.

John Tolley, aged 46, of Fullwood Walk, Bentilee, appeared at Newport Crown Court for sentencing yesterday, having previously pleaded guilty to child cruelty charges towards his stepson.

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Jail for Stepfather Who Chained Boy to Discipline Him ; Bid to Calm Child 'Spiralled Out of Control'

The offences happened between 2003 and 2008, when the family were living in Monmou...

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