Stepdad who bit off five-year-old's genitals jailed as mum loses parental rights

WARNING: DISTURBING DETAILS - Victim Joao Levi was attacked by his stepdad, Jose Ivanilson Ferreira Silva, astir a twelvemonth agone and present faces a lengthy rehabilitation process

A stepdad who spot disconnected a five-year-old boy's genitals has been jailed for implicit 13 years portion the boy's mum has besides been jailed and stripped of her parental rights.

The victim, named arsenic Joao Levi, was attacked connected December 6, 2023, successful Canindé, successful the Brazilian authorities of Ceará, and was admitted to the Hospital Instituto Doutor José Frota successful Fortaleza connected the aforesaid day. Doctors were capable to reattach the boy's genitals but the kid present faces a lengthy rehabilitation process, with his household raising funds to wage for it.

Local media reports accidental that truthful acold they person raised BRL 200,000 (£27,100) truthful far. Now the attacker, named arsenic 26-year-old Jose Ivanilson Ferreira Silva, has been jailed for 13 years and 4 months without the close to appeal.

The boy's mother, named arsenic Sabrina Duarte de Castro, has been jailed for 9 years and 4 months and has been stripped of her parental rights. She was accused of covering up the transgression and reportedly gave doctors 3 antithetic versions of what had happened

Both defendants were convicted of causing superior bodily harm, aggravated by the victim's young age, connected October 30. The sentences were handed down by Judge Rhaila Carvalho Said, of the Single Criminal Court of Canindé.

Prosecutor Jairo Pequeno Neto, who filed the charges connected behalf of the Public Prosecutor's Office of Ceara (MPCE), stated that this "was a lawsuit of utmost violence, committed by radical who should person provided extortion for a defenceless child." He added: "The MP's ailment was accepted and the courts responded to nine by holding the defendants accountable for the crimes committed."

During the investigation, it was recovered that the lad had respective scars connected his body, indicating that helium had besides sustained injuries to his neck, face, legs, thighs, and chest. The horrific lawsuit made headlines successful Brazil astatine the clip and present the young victim, who present lives with his biologic father, faces a gruelling rehabilitation process.