A cruel stepmother who killed her husband's young son by putting him in a bath filled with boiling water has been jailed. The woman, whose name has not been revealed, killed the two-year-old victim after a heated row with her husband over the children.
The father had asked her to take care of his two children, aged 4 and 2, from another relationship, and an argument ensued. She then decided to “take revenge” for being forced to care for the kids by killing her husband's toddler son, according to court files.
Despite trying unsuccessfully to appeal the sentence the woman was locked up for 20 years for the horrifying crime. The shocking incident took place in an unidentified region of Jordan on October 1, 2018.
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