This Creature I could Kill Without Guilt
By Louc74
@Louc74 (620)
November 5, 2009 5:05pm CST
I can't believe the news story I've just seen. A 7 week old baby was taken to hospital with a skull injury in 2006. They discovered that she had over 40 separate injuries, including a fractured thigh, fractured fingers, fractured ribs, and fractured skull. She had been bitten several times on her face, and the bite wounds had been left to go septic.
Her father has just been found guilty of her murder, and he cried in the dock as he was found guilty. No remorse there, right? He just feels sorry for himself. This creature, 34 year old Olusola Akinrele, is HUGE! To imagine this beast attacking this tiny infant is horrific.
The baby, Leeyas', mother has been found not guilty, although she admitted doing nothing to stop the abuse. Personally, I think she is just as guilty as if she had inflicted the injuries herself. The report doesn't say anything about abuse toward her, but as a female, if I saw ANY one assaulting ANY child, I'd put the abuser on the ground, take the child, and go to the nearest police station. That would go double if the child was my own and I was the one who was supposed to look after her.
I don't really have a question, or single point of discussion here, I'm just so, so horrified. But it is definitely when I hear stories like this one that I realise I have it in me to kill. And I don't even think I would feel the slightest bit of guilt for it!
If you want to read more of the story you'll find it at news.bbc.co.uk
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16 responses
@snoopyfan (1312)
• United States
6 Nov 09
I agree with you 100%! It is very upsetting when anyone hurts and kills a innocent child and I also think the mother should also be charged. How can she not do anything to save her baby. That is also a very selfish act on her part. I do not have any children but just the thought of someone abusing a sweet beautiful child who did nothing in this world to deserve this is very upsetting. I just don't get it. Hopefully they will put in the general population and he will be taken care of. You know what they say even crimials have no use for people who hurt children. I hope they lock him up and throw away the key!
@Louc74 (620)
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6 Nov 09
Hi Snoopy! I'm listening to, and hearing, the people who are saying we don't know if the mother had been abused by him as well. But my own mother was beaten by my biological father, but after he left a mark on me, she said, ok that's it, you are OUT of here. Threw him out, divorced him, to make sure he would never touch us again.
I definitely think that she should decide not to have any more children. She's already proved she can't protect them as a mother should. There isn't any background on the news about whether she was abused, but a good mother would have a lioness's instinct to protect her child.
Yeah, I think the least he deserves is a visit from the prisons biggest, hardest crims!
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@rogue13xmen13 (14403)
• United States
6 Nov 09
There are cold-hearted monsters out there. That is just how life is.
@rogue13xmen13 (14403)
• United States
6 Nov 09
I meant to add that right now, I am a little bitter because I see things like that on the news a lot, it may not be a baby, but it could be a child or someone else. Where was the mother in all of this? Why wasn't she protecting the child? Why was the child with this monster, and not someone with whom the mother could trust?
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@rogue13xmen13 (14403)
• United States
7 Nov 09
I know how you feel. Again, I am so sick of hearing stories like these.
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@sweetgirl_k1 (3972)
• United States
6 Nov 09
That is terrible. I never can understand how a parent can do that to their child. I love my child more than anything and always want the best for him and I don't even like it when he's sick. I just want to make him better very quick. If my husband were doing that to our child and I was scared of him I would take the child and get out of that house. I wouldn't care if I had to go live with my parents or even at some kind of shelter I would get out of there. I'm not going to just let my child be abused. They need to put this man in prison and let the other inmates hurt him and beat him up for doing this to a baby. And a seven week old hasn't even had time to do anything wrong or to even be bad for that matter. I just don't understand.
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@Louc74 (620)
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6 Nov 09
Hiya, Sweet. You can't understand, because you're a decent, caring human being. I would do the same - get the child and leave. That, to me, is a mother. I do try to understand that maybe she was abused as well, although that hasn't been said so far, but even an abused woman in this situation will protect her children, if she's a decent mother.
I imagine he'll be kept separate in prison, but hopefully some of the worst prisoners will "accidentally" get into his cell.
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@jellymonty (2352)
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6 Nov 09
Believe me every morning I wake up hoping that the "thou shall not kill" rule has been wiped of the ten commandments! I seriously would go on a killing spree if that ever happens
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@avnieuwkerk (81)
• Netherlands
6 Nov 09
The only creature that I would be able to kill without guilt is any creature posing a threat to my family. Apart from this any time when we would be in need of food I would also have no problems killing another living being. I think that it is in our nature to do so and as we are pushed either with adrenalin or with the urge to eat, we can easily do this without having any sort of guilt.
@workingmommy (67)
• Canada
6 Nov 09
Just remember that they have to answer to the fact that they killed their helpless infant on Judgment day. God says vengence is mine!!! Me personally I think that it horrendeus that a parent could do that to any child. They are a gift to protect and cherish, Not hurt or kill.
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@Louc74 (620)
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6 Nov 09
Hi, Workingmommy! You're even newer than me! Nice to meet you, welcome to Mylot, hope you enjoy it!
I'm not too religious, although I do believe, but I think at the end of your life, you're made to pass judgment on yourself, but either way, I hope he suffers.
I'm surprised at how vicious I feel toward him!
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@Keola12 (799)
• United States
6 Nov 09
I strongly believe that when it comes to child endangerment, both parents need to take responsibility. If it's the father of the child hurting it, then the mother needs to take the responsibility to take the child out of there by leaving her husband, and placing the child in a healthy environment.
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@Louc74 (620)
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6 Nov 09
Hi, Keola! I agree. Any mother with the right instincts would surely put her childs life before her own, I think most mothers would say that.
I couldn't stand back and watch that going on in front of me even if the child were a stranger, let alone if it were my own.
Thanks for the comment! :)
@strawberrybaby39 (2086)
• United States
7 Nov 09
Now that is very sad. People are so sick anymore. Who could ever hurt a baby? I love all kids and if I could take them all in that are not wanted I would. I wish I could make every child safe from bad people and bad things in this world. Kids make this world go around. Kids are what makes us smile and have reason for living.
@Sweetchariot (1718)
• United States
6 Nov 09
Yes, that is horrible of that man...purely a sick person. I've always wanted to understand these people, and why they do these things...what makes them tick. Truely he is a sick man.
In regards to the mother who never stopped the abuse, I would have to say that I could not find her guilty or not guilty, as I have had no experience in living in an abused home. I feel I could not judge the situation unless I myself was living there, and truly know what she dealt with. It is very possible that she was frightened of him, if he was as big as you say he was. If you look into domestic abuse and what those families have endured, and why they have endured the abuse in the home, it is easier to see why they just sit back and do nothing. They say that domestic violence, with the spouse or the children, is a very hard situation to understand and unless you were in it, we could never comprehend why they sit back and do nothing. True, she may not have been abused, however, it is possible that he mentally abused her, into believing that he would hurt her if she did something. Often the victims are just as sick as the assaulter.
Unless I know all the details, I can hardly find her guilty.
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@Sweetchariot (1718)
• United States
6 Nov 09
I agree that if I saw someone beat up a small child, I could never sit back and watch it happen, without trying to stop it. However, if he was big man, I doubt that I could stop him alone...therefore, not only would he kill me, but he would continue to kill the child anyway. Maybe I could've used my cell phone after I saw them in the alley, to call the cops, maybe I could've run to a neighbor's home to get help. I do know that I could never do 'nothing'.
As for the mother, he could've maybe stopped her for leaving the house, stopped her for using the phone, it's even possible that he could've threatened the mother by saying that he would hurt the child even more if she interfered.
Since I wasn't there, I can't judge the actions of that mother
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@Louc74 (620)
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6 Nov 09
Hi, Sweet. Yeah, you won't understand them truly because you're not sick like he is, thankfully!
I understand what you're saying about the mother, the story didn't have any details about the history of the parents relationship with each other. But imagine if you were walking home one night, and you came across a man beating up a child. Now you might think you don't want to intervene because he might attack you, but to not intervene is to turn your back on a defenceless child who only has you to depend on in that moment. And you wouldn't even have to risk injury - calling the police, or going around the corner and shouting out to others for help would save the child. Her doing nothing cost that wee soul unimaginable suffering, and her life.
There's evil in not acting when you see someone else suffering. I think, now that she has shown that she is willing to stand back and do nothing while watching her child being tortured in front of her eyes, she should never have another child, at the very least.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
6 Nov 09
Unfortunately, these things happen far too common to innocent little babies. I know it wasn't too long ago that a child here was killed by her parents when she was just a few weeks old. I don't think that these beasts realize what they are doing to the helpless ones.
Babies are a gift, but when you become a parent, you need to realize that your life is going to change. The baby can't read your attitude on a day and choose to avoid you because you are having a bad day, in truth your life should revolve around the innocent one.
The truth here is that people that do things like this do not last long in jail. If they are not in solitary confinement they are often times murdered while in jail.
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@Louc74 (620)
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6 Nov 09
Hi, Dora. You're right, it seems like every other day there's a horrific story like this one. I don't have kids of my own yet, but I'm surrounded by my friends kids, who pester their parents to stay overnight with me (huge compliment! I must be doing SOMETHING right!Lol), so I know they're hard work, and it's a demanding role to play the part of a parent. But I've also worked with kids, and had the pleasure of working in a maternity unit during my nursing course, and it's a priviledge just to look after a baby, never mind be its parent.
I don't think the story has started to seep out to other parts of the world yet, but when it does, if you see the photo of this little soul, it's just heart breaking.
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@calai618 (1773)
• Philippines
6 Nov 09
That's horrible. I really can't believe there are parents out there who can actually beat the crap out of an innocent baby. There is no reason that could explain what they did. These parents are really responsible for it and should pay for what they did. There even is no punishment enough to give justice to the kid. The mother surely is equally guilty of the crime. Not doing anything to stop the crime is being accessory to the crime. I hope the baby rests in peace now. Dying seemed to be a heaven than when she was living.
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@Richy2K9 (36)
• Mauritius
8 Nov 09
hello ...
even if i understand your views & wish to kill that person, sorry whatever you may want to call him after what he's done. i would say that anyone committing such atrocities would pay it, sooner or later & the hardest way. so i just feel sad for the child for going through this but the mean father will have just what he deserves.
cheers!
@Louc74 (620)
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11 Nov 09
Hi, Richy! Welcome to Mylot!
I think I know what you mean - I believe in karma as well. It's just that I don't think people like that can be rehabilitated, there's no remorse. I hope you're right. At least the baby isn't going through it any more.
Thanks for your response!
@illmatic23 (14)
• United States
13 Feb 10
wow what happenend to a mother intuition or motherly love huh? wow i feel so sorry for that baby... thats ashame to have such shytty parents...
@mzz663 (2772)
• United States
12 Nov 09
That's sad. 7 weeks old, not old enough to voice the pain she was feeling. How could anyone do anything like this? I don't understand how or why anyone would let this happen to a baby. After all that little one was put through, her healing would have been painful & miserable. I think the parents should have to go through the same pain and misery this little one did and not be able to speak or move out of the way of the blows, that baby couldn't defend herself, she couldn't even try to move or hide. Maybe the parents will meet the same fate when they get to prison.
@Picquarian (724)
• United States
18 Jan 10
That's horrible and it makes me sick to my stomach that people good actually do that.
