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03-14-2006, 04:25 PM
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Dad kicked, stomped girl, 14, court told
Mar. 14, 2006. 01:00 AM
EDMONTON—A father described by a witness as out of control has admitted he repeatedly kicked his teenage daughter with his steel-toed boots.
The 50-year-old man pleaded guilty in provincial court yesterday to assault with a weapon for kicking the girl, who was 14 at the time. The attack also included him punching and stomping on her, as well as slamming her face into a van.
A witness to the Aug. 30 assault told court she remains haunted by the vicious beating.
"I wake up every morning seeing her face," said Sharon Trelenberg. "She was brutally attacked. He was out of control."
Fellow witness Jody Hickey rescued the girl by bringing her into her home and calling police. "It was probably one of the most violent crimes against a child I have ever seen," she said.
Crown prosecutor Christian Lim told court the man had gone to pick up his daughter at her friend's home and was upset because she had had contact with a 39-year-old man.
He arrived at the home with his wife and began "yelling and screaming uncontrollably" and swearing obscenities at his daughter while telling her to get into their vehicle.
While still in the home, he began punching the teen in the head repeatedly with a closed fist, said Lim. The victim ran outside and he chased her down, threw her to the ground and began kicking her in the stomach and arms with his steel-toed boots, said Lim.
Trelenberg saw the attack and told the father to stop, but he continued and stomped on his daughter twi
ce with all his weight. Lim said the man then said: "I should have kicked ... you years ago."
He then picked her up by the hair and slammed her face into the side of the minivan, as the two witnesses looked on. The girl, now 15, had multiple bruises and contusions, but did not suffer any serious injuries, said Lim.
Court heard her father has no criminal record and the matter was put over for sentencing to June 20.
CANADIAN PRESS
Dad kicked, stomped girl, 14, court told
Mar. 14, 2006. 01:00 AM
EDMONTON—A father described by a witness as out of control has admitted he repeatedly kicked his teenage daughter with his steel-toed boots.
The 50-year-old man pleaded guilty in provincial court yesterday to assault with a weapon for kicking the girl, who was 14 at the time. The attack also included him punching and stomping on her, as well as slamming her face into a van.
A witness to the Aug. 30 assault told court she remains haunted by the vicious beating.
"I wake up every morning seeing her face," said Sharon Trelenberg. "She was brutally attacked. He was out of control."
Fellow witness Jody Hickey rescued the girl by bringing her into her home and calling police. "It was probably one of the most violent crimes against a child I have ever seen," she said.
Crown prosecutor Christian Lim told court the man had gone to pick up his daughter at her friend's home and was upset because she had had contact with a 39-year-old man.
He arrived at the home with his wife and began "yelling and screaming uncontrollably" and swearing obscenities at his daughter while telling her to get into their vehicle.
While still in the home, he began punching the teen in the head repeatedly with a closed fist, said Lim. The victim ran outside and he chased her down, threw her to the ground and began kicking her in the stomach and arms with his steel-toed boots, said Lim.
Trelenberg saw the attack and told the father to stop, but he continued and stomped on his daughter twi
ce with all his weight. Lim said the man then said: "I should have kicked ... you years ago."
He then picked her up by the hair and slammed her face into the side of the minivan, as the two witnesses looked on. The girl, now 15, had multiple bruises and contusions, but did not suffer any serious injuries, said Lim.
Court heard her father has no criminal record and the matter was put over for sentencing to June 20.
CANADIAN PRESS