South Carolina man sentenced to decades in prison for abusing an 8-year-old girl
By Zach Rainey
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SOUTH CAROLINA (WJCL) — A man in South Carolina has been sentenced to decades behind bars for subjecting an 8-year-old child to physical, emotional, and psychological abuse.
On Monday, 28-year-old Ian Tatro, of Wellford, pleaded guilty to 20 counts of unlawful neglect of a child and one count of obstruction of justice.
The seventh circuit solicitor’s office said the crimes occurred while the child lived with her stepmother and father, Tatro.
According to court documents, the child was given animal feces as a Christmas gift, made to stand in a garbage can for hours with trash thrown on her, locked in a closet, made to wear a diaper, restricted from using a bathroom, repeatedly hit with a cutting board, yelled at, force-fed laxatives, and beaten by Tatro.
Officials said Tatro also used temporary tattoos to disguise the bruises left on the child from the abuse.
Cases against the others who participated in the abuse remain pending
“The amount of abuse this child suffered at the hands of adults who should have loved and cared for her is staggering,” Solicitor Barry J. Barnette said. “The abuse was not just physical abuse but repeated psychological abuse.”
Circuit Court Judge R. Keith Kelly sentenced Tatro to a total of 50 years in prison.
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