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'Sadistic' carer to be sentenced Sadistic carer sent to prison
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A woman who punished three children in her care by ramming sticks down their throats and making them eat their own vomit will be sentenced on Thursday. A woman who punished three children in her care by ramming sticks down their throats and making them eat their own vomit has been jailed for 14 years.
Eunice Spry, 62, from Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, was convicted at Bristol Crown Court last month of 26 charges of abuse spanning 19 years. Eunice Spry, 62, from Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, was convicted at Bristol Crown Court last month, of 26 charges of abuse spanning 19 years.
The prosecution said Spry's behaviour was "horrifying" and "sadistic".The prosecution said Spry's behaviour was "horrifying" and "sadistic".
Spry had denied all the claims made against her. The offences took place in Gloucestershire between 1986 and 2005. Spry had denied all the allegations against her. The offences took place in Gloucestershire between 1986 and 2005.
Spry, who was the legal parent of the three children, was arrested when police raided her home in February 2005.Spry, who was the legal parent of the three children, was arrested when police raided her home in February 2005.
The 62-year-old was found guilty 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. She was cleared of 12 charges. Frankly, it's difficult for anyone to understand how any human being could have contemplated what you did Judge Simon Darwall-Smith
The 62-year-old was found guilty 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.
She was cleared of 12 charges.
Judge Simon Darwall-Smith told Spry that this was the worst case he had come across in 40 years in law.
He told her: "Frankly, it's difficult for anyone to understand how any human being could have even contemplated what you did, let alone with the regularity and premeditation you employed."
The slight figure in the dock looked on impassively as the judge sentenced her to 14 years.
He also ordered her to pay costs of £80,000, which he said would inevitably mean she would have to sell at least one of her two properties in Gloucestershire.