NEW ZEALAND • Duwayne PAILEGUTU, 7 ~ Auckland

The full story behind the sickening abuse and
murder of a seven-year-old New Zealand boy has been revealed for the
first time in court documents.

One expert has called the killing
of Duwayne Pailegutu by his stepfather, Johnny Pukerua Joachim,
“systematic torture” comparable to that suffered by toddler Nia Glassie.


Accrding to Wikipedia, the Nia
Glassie abuse case was a high-profile criminal investigation and
subsequent murder trial concerning the abuse and death of a 3-year old
girl in Rotorua, New Zealand.

For the seven days before Duwayne
Pailegutu died, he was kept inside his mother and stepfather's small
flat in Nelson - so no one could see he had been beaten so badly he was
paralysed, incontinent, and slowly suffocating on his own blood.

The left side of his body was
disabled after repeated blows to the right side of his head which caused
a stroke, and he struggled to eat or drink.

In addition to the haemorrhage, an
autopsy found at least 10 deep bruises to his scalp - some of them
inflicted by the shoes of his stepfather as the little boy cowered in
the corner of his Fergusson St bedroom.

A further 75 bruises were found over the rest of his small body.

Duwayne, whose family members in
Mangere say was a happy and energetic child before he moved to Nelson
with his mother and stepfather in December 2007, was hit, kicked, thrown
at walls and struck repeatedly on the soles of his feet with a cricket
wicket by Joachim, 37, in what was to be the most violent assault of
many he suffered, one week before he died.

Duwayne's mother Mary Joachim, 28,
was sentenced in the Auckland District Court on Thursday to three years
in prison for failing to provide her son with the necessaries of life
for watching the assaults and not getting medical attention.

She is appealing against her sentence.

Johnny Joachim is serving an 18-year, non-parole sentence after admitting Duwayne's murder.

For the week before he died,
Duwayne sat, partially paralysed and fitted with nappies, slowly
suffocating on blood which he inhaled into his lungs as he vomited
during “exercises” in which his stepfather made repeated blows to his
stomach to make him cough up blood.

In an
attempt to “shock” Duwayne into movement, Joachim dipped his paralysed
foot into boiling water, leaving the largest of four scald wounds on his
right leg.

When he became frustrated that Duwayne could not move, Joachim threw him against a wall.

And for the six weeks before his death on July 2 last year, Duwayne had been living with three broken ribs.

During this time, he had attended
school - but only when the bruises and injuries weren't obvious enough
to give away the horrific abuse.

Duwayne's mother had lied to the
school about her son's absence. She was afraid of seeking help because
her husband, who had also been violent towards her, had threatened her.


Nelson CIB head Detective Senior
Sergeant Wayne McCoy said of the nine child homicides he could think of
in the Nelson Bays area, Duwayne's was the most horrific.

“He
suffered for a week - that's the difference,” he said. “”It was very
traumatic for the staff that attended ... but they've got to put their
professional face on - they can't look on in horror.”

Liz Kinley, spokeswoman for child
abuse and family violence prevention agency Jigsaw, said it was
“systematic torture of a child” similar to that inflicted on Nia
Glassie. -



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TomTerrific0420 wrote:The full story behind the sickening abuse and
murder of a seven-year-old New Zealand boy has been revealed for the
first time in court documents.

One expert has called the killing
of Duwayne Pailegutu by his stepfather, Johnny Pukerua Joachim,
“systematic torture” comparable to that suffered by toddler Nia Glassie.


Accrding to Wikipedia, the Nia
Glassie abuse case was a high-profile criminal investigation and
subsequent murder trial concerning the abuse and death of a 3-year old
girl in Rotorua, New Zealand.

For the seven days before Duwayne
Pailegutu died, he was kept inside his mother and stepfather's small
flat in Nelson - so no one could see he had been beaten so badly he was
paralysed, incontinent, and slowly suffocating on his own blood.

The left side of his body was
disabled after repeated blows to the right side of his head which caused
a stroke, and he struggled to eat or drink.

In addition to the haemorrhage, an
autopsy found at least 10 deep bruises to his scalp - some of them
inflicted by the shoes of his stepfather as the little boy cowered in
the corner of his Fergusson St bedroom.

A further 75 bruises were found over the rest of his small body.

Duwayne, whose family members in
Mangere say was a happy and energetic child before he moved to Nelson
with his mother and stepfather in December 2007, was hit, kicked, thrown
at walls and struck repeatedly on the soles of his feet with a cricket
wicket by Joachim, 37, in what was to be the most violent assault of
many he suffered, one week before he died.

Duwayne's mother Mary Joachim, 28,
was sentenced in the Auckland District Court on Thursday to three years
in prison for failing to provide her son with the necessaries of life
for watching the assaults and not getting medical attention.

She is appealing against her sentence.

Johnny Joachim is serving an 18-year, non-parole sentence after admitting Duwayne's murder.

For the week before he died,
Duwayne sat, partially paralysed and fitted with nappies, slowly
suffocating on blood which he inhaled into his lungs as he vomited
during “exercises” in which his stepfather made repeated blows to his
stomach to make him cough up blood.

In an
attempt to “shock” Duwayne into movement, Joachim dipped his paralysed
foot into boiling water, leaving the largest of four scald wounds on his
right leg.

When he became frustrated that Duwayne could not move, Joachim threw him against a wall.

And for the six weeks before his death on July 2 last year, Duwayne had been living with three broken ribs.

During this time, he had attended
school - but only when the bruises and injuries weren't obvious enough
to give away the horrific abuse.

Duwayne's mother had lied to the
school about her son's absence. She was afraid of seeking help because
her husband, who had also been violent towards her, had threatened her.


Nelson CIB head Detective Senior
Sergeant Wayne McCoy said of the nine child homicides he could think of
in the Nelson Bays area, Duwayne's was the most horrific.

“He
suffered for a week - that's the difference,” he said. “”It was very
traumatic for the staff that attended ... but they've got to put their
professional face on - they can't look on in horror.”

Liz Kinley, spokeswoman for child
abuse and family violence prevention agency Jigsaw, said it was
“systematic torture of a child” similar to that inflicted on Nia
Glassie. -



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The mother should have got the same sentence. She admitted she did nothing to save her son and was more concerned for herself. She has the audacity to appeal that miserable sentence!! Maybe she'll actually get a tougher sentence when she appeals haha. Our judicial system sucks!!!!!!!!!