A brutal dad who punished his daughter by making her perform "cruel" exercises for hours on end has been jailed. The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was left with carpet burns after being forced to do 'the caterpillar', a court heard.
Her dad made her push her whole body up then straight down to the floor to move as well as other exercises, it was said. The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his daughter, was said to have enforced the punishments over alleged bullying in the family.
Portsmouth Crown Court heard that the girl was forced to exercise for repeated 30-minute blocks followed by a 15-minute break. Have you been affected by this story?
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