[kellyhound]

Harvey Wince was convicted March 21 by a jury in his second trial after his original trial ended with a hung jury.

Washtenaw County Trial Court Judge Darlene O’Brien sentenced him to prison on a count of torture, one count of first-degree child abuse and one count of assaulting, resisting or obstructing a police officer, court records show.

Wince was convicted of severely burning a 3-year-old boy who he was baby-sitting on April 1, 2012.

According to police, Wince was watching the boy for his girlfriend at a home in the 8900 block of MacArthur Boulevard in Superior Township.

The girlfriend was usually the primary baby sitter.

Investigators said Wince intentionally placed the boy in scalding hot bath water, holding him there and causing severe burns.

The temperature of the water was estimated between 120 and 125 degrees.

The boy’s mother testified at a preliminary exam that his skin was falling off.

The boy was treated at University of Michigan Hospital’s intensive care burn unit from April 1 until May 21, 2012, for burns that covered 18 percent of his body.

Wince told police he put the boy in the bathtub, in ankle-deep water that was lukewarm, while he went to play the video game “Call of Duty.”

Wince said he returned to the bathroom later and found the boy standing in the bathroom with “soggy” skin. He said the boy turned the hot water on himself.

UPDATE by Noelpuppet here : http://www.documentingreality.com/fo...ml#post4222277

[Faline]

Oh well...

[Desensitisation]

Because leaving a kid alone in a bathtub to play a fucking computer game is a smart thing to do. You're called a babysitter for a reason, you dumb fucking moron.

[Xdeath43]

He should have got life there is no reason to leave a young child in any level of water hot or cold.

[Dennislp3]

IM YO PASTOR! CALM DOWN! XD

[Pyramid_Head]

Whether he did it on purpose or not is really irrelevant. He left the child alone to play Call of Duty. The guy is guilty, end of story.

[Matter1]

65 years wtf

[Matter1]

so he deserve to have his life taken away because of a stupid mistake.

[wickedlara]

If he's telling the truth, it is just a stupid mistake. The kid is not mutilated. The burns are probably about as serious as sun burn. Should parents who let kids get sunburned be imprisoned? Nanny state nonsense

[Mr-Tape]

Nanny state = Dictatorship