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| Foster mother guilty of cruelty | Foster mother guilty of cruelty |
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| A foster mother who punished children in her care by ramming sticks down their throats has been convicted of abuse spanning 20 years. | A foster mother who punished children in her care by ramming sticks down their throats has been convicted of abuse spanning 20 years. |
| Eunice Spry, 62, from Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, was convicted of 26 charges and cleared of 12 charges. | Eunice Spry, 62, from Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, was convicted of 26 charges and cleared of 12 charges. |
| The prosecution described Spry's treatment of the children as "horrifying" and "sadistic." | The prosecution described Spry's treatment of the children as "horrifying" and "sadistic." |
| Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children Board said it was important lessons were learnt from the case. | |
| The offences took place in two of Spry's homes in Gloucestershire between 1986 and 2005. | |
| She was found guilty at Bristol Crown Court of a range of charges from unlawful wounding, cruelty to a person under 16, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, perverting the course of justice and witness intimidation. | |
| The jury heard that the children were forced to drink bleach and eat their own vomit. | |
| Spry, a devout Jehovah's witness, denied all the claims made against her and said the only physical punishment she ever used was "a smack on the bottom". | Spry, a devout Jehovah's witness, denied all the claims made against her and said the only physical punishment she ever used was "a smack on the bottom". |