A child abuse case that occurred last year recently began in court, and the details of the case are heart-wrenching. One day in June 2023,
Xiao Qi, an 8-year-old boy, went to the martial arts gym in anticipation of his family, who would have expected that this would be the last time he left home. On the same day, several coaches in the hall beat Xiao Qi for several hours.
As a result, the child was seriously injured and eventually passed away after resuscitation. Despite this, the other people present at the time did not send Xiaoqi to the hospital in time, but instead recorded a video of him being beaten.
Others threatened that "your mother won't come to pick you up for a year". It wasn't until Xiaoqi had no vital signs that his family rushed to the hospital after receiving the bad news.
The injuries on the child's body clearly showed that he had suffered many severe beatings, such as bruises on his back, hands and feet. A month later,
The autopsy report showed that the cause of Xiaoqi's death was. In the face of such a tragic result,
Xiaoqi's father once had a nervous breakdown, and his mother also fell into long-term depression and was suicidal at one point. Today, nearly a year after the incident, this child abuse case has finally entered the substantive trial stage.
In court, the three defendants pleaded guilty to the charge of intentional injury. Judging from the information revealed by the family, Xiaoqi was besieged by many people in many places on that day.
Each of them was beaten for up to 20 minutes and was brutal. One of the nurses who was there broke down and cried after witnessing the whole process. And Xiaoqi's godmother also said indignantly,
Everyone is expecting the court to give justice to the children and their families this time, so that the murderer will pay the due price for his atrocities. The whole case has aroused widespread concern in society.
Many netizens reported that seeing the video footage taken at that time was really heartbreaking. A child who has been severely beaten has to endure verbal cynicism,
It's chilling. There is hope that the court will give a sufficiently heavy sentence this time to demonstrate society's zero tolerance for violence. According to the family lawyer,
The outcome of the first instance of this case is crucial to the determination of the case in the future. In any case, child abuse is illegal and heinous, but if the crime is eventually convicted of "intentional homicide", the punishment for the defendant will be much heavier.
We hope that through the exposure and trial of this case, the whole society, especially the relevant personnel, will be further aroused to be vigilant in protecting the rights and interests of children, so as to avoid the recurrence of such a tragedy.