The BBC reports that the Bangladeshi government’s nabbed their guy but couldn’t get the charges to stick –
A court in the northern Bangladeshi city of Bogra has acquitted a two-year-old child accused of adultery and theft, officials say. The infant appeared in court on his mother’s lap to seek bail. …The case is not the first in Bangladesh to involve infant children facing serious charges. In March, Bangladesh’s High Court stepped in to halt the trial of four infants – all members of an extended family – who were accused of looting and causing criminal damage.
The defense? The kid claims he was framed by an uncle & that his motive was old fashioned theft –
A report in the Daily Star newspaper said that the charges against the child and seven others were filed by Jahangir Alam on 9 February. He alleged that Saiful Islam, other family members and his neighbours were all complicit in stealing gold ornaments and clothes worth between 3,000 Bangladeshi Taka ($47 ) and 13,000 Bangladeshi Taka ($204) from his house. Mr Alam also alleged that the named parties lured away his wife, Mabia Khatun, to marry another man even though she was not properly divorced.
Yeah right… we’ve heard that one before. If the booties don’t fit, you’ve gotta acquit.
LOL! Diaper Bandits! w00t!
This is really the depths to which a corrupt and bankrupt justice system can plunge to. It’s no different in parts of India….. shocking and sad.
I don’t think “corrupt” is the right word. I don’t understand how you can do something like this without suffering from severe mental retardation. C’mon? Accusing a baby of commiting serious crimes? That sounds like something an attention-seeking seven year old would do.
Y’all are bleeding-heart liberals. Look at the kid and his shifty eyes. If I were you I’d keep him away from the crayons. And put the cookie jar on lockdown too.
bangladeshis are dumb-shitz.
Look at this way, with his street cred, if he immigrates to a ghetto in USA and reinvents himself as a gangsta, he would put 50 cents to shame, earn millions, wear pimp clothes and score with hoes. An all american entertainer and idol for future ABCD’s to look up to.
There is something haunting in his eyes. Maybe he doesn’t eat enough.
I would blame the lack of education in the rural areas of Bangladesh and the poverty. Yes as “Bangla Warrior” suggested its mental retardation and caused by poverty and superstitions. I have heard of people inflicting injury on their own bodies and/or kill own family member to frame others. In rural Bengal there are numerous land disputes and brothers sue one another. I don’t know how some people can be so mean, probably poverty breaks people’s morals.
And in the framing game they get the help of the corrupted police department. Its not a question of how dumb the police department is in issuing the chargesheet against the two years old. They have done it intentionally paid by someone.
One positive thing is that the court stepped in to bring justice. But justice won’t be done till the respective police department is not made accountable for their collusions.
Well, not sure it is limited to south Asia. I was travelling in the US with my six month old son, and he was given a full body pat down by the TSA…really…