FabSwingers.com forum: Hartlepool

By *eavenNhell OP Couple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge

A seven-year-old boy was at the center of a Hartlepool

courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who should

have custody of him.

The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents

and the judge initially awarded custody to his aunt, in keeping with child

custody law and regulations requiring that family unity be maintained to the

degree possible.

The boy surprised the court when he proclaimed that his aunt beat him more

than his parents and he adamantly refused to live with her.

When the judge then suggested that he live with his grandparents, the boy cried out that

they also beat him.

After considering the remainder of the immediate family and learning that

domestic violence was apparently a way of life among them, the judge took

the unprecedented step of allowing the boy to propose who should have

custody of him.

After two recesses to check legal references and confer with

child welfare officials, the judge granted temporary custody of the boy to Hartlepool United , whom the boy firmly believes is not capable of beating anyone.

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Anyone else read 90% of the Opening Post, with the title Hartlepool, and thought that the "boy" was a monkey/chimp?

Oooh la la.