Tragedy as Mother Beats 2 Year-Old Child to Death in Kono

Police at the Tankoro Divisional Headquarters in Koidu city Kono district are investigating a woman identified as Finda Foyoh for allegedly beaten to death her two years three months old step son Aiah Joe Kamara for playing with his faces after attending to nature.

In an interview with our correspondent the local unit commander of the Tankoro police divisional headquarters superintendent of police Franklyn Bayoh maintained that at around 1700 hours on Wednesday 10^th November 2021 his station received an intelligence of a woman Finda Foyoh at Simbakoro section in Koidu city who allegedly beat to death her step son Aiah Joe Kamara.

According to the LUC upon hearing the intelligence, he sent some officers to ascertain the information, fortunately when the officers arrived, they met with the woman in question and interviewed her.

In her response the woman maintained that her husband Obai Kamara brought the child home for upbringing.

According to A-Z News, she said the child was seen playing with his faces after attending to nature and as a step mother she beat him up and placed him on the top of and object whilst she left to throw the feces adding that upon returning to the house, she noticed that the boy has fallen and broken both his left hand and foot which might led to his demise she noted.

Superintendent of police Franklyn Bayoh the local unit commander of the Tankoro Divisional Headquarters in Koidu City told our correspondent that the remains of the child have been taken to the Koidu government hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem examination whilst the step mother in question is in police custody helping them in their investigations.

LUC Bayoh maintained that by the physical look of things the remains of the two years three months old Aiah Joe Kamara sustained multiple of wounds and both his left hand and foot was broken. Whilst assuring all and sundry of professionally investigating the said matter.

The Tankoro divisional headquarter police boss cautioned care givers and parents to responsibly discipline their children or wards whenever the need arises as torturing is against the laws of Sierra Leone.