Thursday, October 31, 2013

South Carolina couple to serve 20-year prison stint for horrific abuse of 4-year-old girl

Catharine Ammons (l.) and James Watson (r.) were sentenced to 20 years in prison after they entered Alford pleas - which means they did not admit guilt, but accept that there is overwhelming evidence to convict them for abusing Ammons’ 4-year-old daughter, Lizzy.


Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office


Catharine Ammons (l.) and James Watson (r.) were sentenced to 20 years in prison after they entered Alford pleas – which means they did not admit guilt, but accept that there is overwhelming evidence to convict them for abusing Ammons’ 4-year-old daughter, Lizzy.



A South Carolina couple was sentenced to 20 years in prison for physically abusing a 4-year-old girl who nearly died from her injuries.


Catharine Ammons and her live-in boyfriend, James Watson, were handed the sentences after the pair entered Alford pleas — which means they don’t admit guilt, but accept there is enough evidence for a conviction.


The couple, from Kershaw County in the outskirts of Columbia, was arrested after Ammons’ daughter, Lizzy, was rushed to the hospital with several injuries that included broken arms and a fractured leg in 2012, WLTX-TV reported.


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Doctors determined the weeks-old injuries were the result of horrific abuse.


“It was pitiful to see that little girl laying in the (hospital) bed knowing what she had to go through for so long,” the county’s sheriff, Jim Matthews, told The State.


“I was just abhorred by what I saw.”


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The child, who had to be taught how to eat again, was later adopted by a family outside the Palmetto State, Matthews said.


“It’s a very loving family,” he said. “Hopefully, with a lot of prayer, love and care she will have a normal life.”


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