Police: nine-year-old suffered abuse over three years

A woman from the eastern town of Ostrava could face up to eight years in jail for alleged severe abuse of a nine-year-old child. Police suspect the nine-year-old girl was tortured by her mother’s female partner for almost three years. The 27-year-old suspect allegedly used psychological and physical torture (the latter of which included beatings, burnings, and partial drowning). The abuse was first noticed this year by one of the child’s school teachers. The suspect is in custody, awaiting trial. The little girl, meanwhile, was taken from her mother, who allegedly knew of the abuse.