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December 22, 2009, Tuesday
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A JAILED Brazilian admitted in a TV interview that he pushed nearly three dozen sewing needles into his 2-year-old stepson because he wanted to kill the boy to spite his wife.
Speaking from his cell, 30-year-old bricklayer Roberto Carlos Magalhaes told how he doped the child with wine, then stuck needles into his body while his lover held him down.
"I did this two or three times a week during one month," Magalhaes said on Globo TV's "Fantastico" program on Sunday from a jail in the northeastern state of Bahia.
The boy was too drunk from the wine to cry while the needles were pushed in, but he felt pain after the alcohol wore off, Magalhaes said.
"It was truly an unbearable suffering," he said. "It was to get back at the boy's mother. I thought the needles would work their way through his body and kill the boy. It was a way to kill without anyone discovering."
But the pain led the toddler to complain to his mother, and she took him to a hospital where X-rays revealed about 30 needles throughout his body.
The boy underwent a five-hour operation in the northeastern city of Salvador on Friday to remove four rusty needles that most threatened his life, near his heart and in his lungs. Doctors said the child would likely undergo two more operations to extract needles from his abdomen and spine.
Along with Magalhaes, police believe his lover, Angelina Ribeiro dos Santos, was also seeking revenge on the wife. Magalhaes told police she would enter into trances and command him to insert the needles.
Speaking from his cell, 30-year-old bricklayer Roberto Carlos Magalhaes told how he doped the child with wine, then stuck needles into his body while his lover held him down.
"I did this two or three times a week during one month," Magalhaes said on Globo TV's "Fantastico" program on Sunday from a jail in the northeastern state of Bahia.
The boy was too drunk from the wine to cry while the needles were pushed in, but he felt pain after the alcohol wore off, Magalhaes said.
"It was truly an unbearable suffering," he said. "It was to get back at the boy's mother. I thought the needles would work their way through his body and kill the boy. It was a way to kill without anyone discovering."
But the pain led the toddler to complain to his mother, and she took him to a hospital where X-rays revealed about 30 needles throughout his body.
The boy underwent a five-hour operation in the northeastern city of Salvador on Friday to remove four rusty needles that most threatened his life, near his heart and in his lungs. Doctors said the child would likely undergo two more operations to extract needles from his abdomen and spine.
Along with Magalhaes, police believe his lover, Angelina Ribeiro dos Santos, was also seeking revenge on the wife. Magalhaes told police she would enter into trances and command him to insert the needles.
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