A judge sentenced Hyacinth Poouahi, the former caregiver for a pre-teen girl whose injuries while with Poouahi left her with rotting flesh and maimed for life, to 20 years in prison.
The injuries left the now 14-year-old girl deaf, blind in one eye and unable to form words well because of severe damage to her upper lip.
When Big Island paramedics responded to a 911 call on Feb. 7, 2005, they found an unconscious 10-year-old girl with much of her upper lip missing, objects that looked like maggots in a wound on her head, and the stink of rotting flesh fouling the air.
Following a plea agreement, Circuit Judge Glen Hara sentenced Poouahi to 20 years in prison for endangering the welfare of a minor, assault, unlawful imprisonment and terroristic threatening, plus $853,000 in restitution.
By entering agreement, Poouahi avoided trial on a charge of attempted murder.
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A Big Isle woman gets 20 years for her role in a child subjected to disfigurement
The injuries left the now 14-year-old girl deaf, blind in one eye and unable to form words well because of severe damage to her upper lip.
When Big Island paramedics responded to a 911 call on Feb. 7, 2005, they found an unconscious 10-year-old girl with much of her upper lip missing, objects that looked like maggots in a wound on her head, and the stink of rotting flesh fouling the air.
Following a plea agreement, Circuit Judge Glen Hara sentenced Poouahi to 20 years in prison for endangering the welfare of a minor, assault, unlawful imprisonment and terroristic threatening, plus $853,000 in restitution.
By entering agreement, Poouahi avoided trial on a charge of attempted murder.
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A Big Isle woman gets 20 years for her role in a child subjected to disfigurement
2 comments:
20 years was not enough! That should have been a life term!
20 years is a start.
And she should be making license plates with every cent going to the girl whose health and life she ruined.
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