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January 25th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - 33-year-old threw golf ball at elder boy, gashing his ear
- He also pinched younger child in the face
- Father given 52 weeks
in jail, suspended for 2 years, with 12 months’ supervision
By
Nick Enoch
Last updated at 1:02 PM on 25th January 2012
A golfing-mad father obsessed with turning
his young sons into future golf champions subjected them to punishment beatings whenever they fluffed their shots.
The fanatical 33-year old dreamt his two
boys, aged six and eight, would both become the ‘next Tiger Woods’ and
would give the children golf tuition at home before school every day and then
later at his local golf club or in nearby fields.
But whenever the youngsters played poorly
at the driving range, mis-hit a tee shot, missed a putt or went into the
bunker, their pushy father would fly into a rage and beat them with a golf
club.
The 33-year old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, dreamt his sons, aged six and eight, would both become the ‘next Tiger Woods’ (above)
On occasions, he even sank his teeth into
and pinched the skin of the youngsters.
Despite the elder child winning a junior
golf tournament, he was struck on the leg with a golf iron when he played
a bad shot and also had a ball hurled at him from feet away, gashing and
bruising his ear.
The younger child, who was hit in the
knee with a ball, was left with multiple injuries, including a scratched eye.
The father from Burnley, Lancashire, was
arrested after the six-year-old turned up at school distressed, with a mark to his face, and a teacher asked him what had happened.
At Burnley Crown Court, the man – who
cannot be named for legal reasons – admitted two counts of assault causing actual
bodily harm and one of common assault, in June last year.
He was given 52 weeks
in jail, suspended for two years, with 12 months’ supervision.
Sarah Statham, prosecuting, said he gave his sons golf tuition before and after school every day and if they
did not play well, they would be assaulted.
When police spoke to the boys, the children
told them they enjoyed golf and said it was ‘their job’.
The six-year-old said: ‘We are going to be championship golfers when we get
older.’
The father’s wife was said to be unaware
of the pain he was inflicting on their sons, even though the trio had golf lessons
in the living room every morning before school.
She was upset and sobbed when she found
out and he had to leave the family home.
He is now only allowed contact with
his sons by the local authority.
After the six-year-old went to school
injured last June 10 and told his teacher that his father had pinched his eye as
they played golf that morning, the authorities became involved.
Both boys were
taken for medical attention and were interviewed by the police.
Miss Statham said the younger boy told
officers his father had also grabbed his leg in a ‘clawing action’
and he had been hurt and upset.
The eight-year-old was struck in the knee
with a golf club and his ear was cut after his father threw a golf ball at him,
from about four feet away.
A paediatrician who examined the boy found
several other injuries to the ear.
The younger child had pinching injuries on
both hands and his thigh, his face and the top of his scalp were scratched and
he was bruised.
Miss Statham said the defendant was
arrested and interviewed last June 11 and insisted a lot of the injuries were
accidental.
In mitigation, defence lawyer Carolyn
Smith, for the father, said he was ordinarily very much a family man, who lived
for his wife and children.
He had been separated from his family
since the offences after the involvement of child protection agencies and that
had served as significant punishment already, before the punishment he would
receive in court.
The barrister said: ‘They are
clearly serious offences and he does now acknowledge that.’
She continued: ‘He had an almost obsessive desire for his sons to become championship
golf players.’
Miss Smith said the defendant had a ‘loving relationship’ with his sons and had been having contact with them.
She added: ‘To deny the defendant his liberty at this stage would
mean the children would be denied contact with their father.’
Sentencing, Judge Beverley Lunt told the
defendant his actions must have hurt the children considerably and said it was ‘beyond belief’ that as their father, he had assaulted his children
over golf shots.
She said: ‘This is child cruelty.
It’s inexcusable and I do not believe any right-thinking person could make any
sense of it whatsoever.
‘If you permit your obsession with golf to overcome you
again and lay a finger on either of them, you will immediately come back before
me and I will send you to prison.’
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What a cowardly bully. Champions in sport often need “pushing” as youngsters to achieve their potential and compete on a much higher level but it sounds as if this “father” was seeking to make up for his own shortcomings. If the boys really want to learn to play golf they are far better away from him – and having professional coaching.
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Beat them senseless, that should help them make birdies…
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Followed by a trip to a brothel no doubt!! Disgusting excuse for a father and what was the mother doing while all this was going on??
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This idiot will drive his children away from him and they will hate golf when they get older.
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Despicable cowardly creep.
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This Father was beyond pushy, he was abusive. Not that pushy is even a good thing.
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Sounds to me as if the mother was in denial or frightened in case he lashed out at her for interfering – I expect it is a happier and relaxed household now the children only see their father when supervised. I hope they can now be little boys and enjoy life to the full.
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Looked at in terms of balance of harm, surely breaking up a family is a far worse outcome? I don’t understand golf but I would have thought therapy to deal with the fathers issues would be preferable.
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To make it to the top of the golf world (and most sports for that matter), children need to be encouraged/pushed from the age of 4/5 upwards – yet there are ways and means without resorting to physically hurting the children – a sad story, but I hope the children enjoy and keep up their golf practice.
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2 of many questions spring to mind (amongst many) do british judges EVER jail anyone? how on earth did the mother “not know”???
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