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November 24, 2013
Pre-ONT seriously? WTF?!?
Mother beats baby in womb with hammer to show how tough the kid is
...Heather Thorpe, 24, was filmed by her former partner, Sean Hanlon, striking herself with the claw hammer around a month before giving birth to her son, Jonathon.
But when Mr Hanlon, 26, showed the video to police, officers refused to press charges, insisting no offence had been committed.
Yesterday Mr Hanlon said he was appalled at the decision, adding: "If there was a film of someone hitting a baby with a hammer they would be in handcuffs in 10 seconds flat." Mr Hanlon shot the five-second video in the couple's living room in October last year, just weeks before Miss Thorpe's due date...
I'm sure the tyke will come out like a freaking Spartan now, right?