A Houston mom who initially falsely claimed in 2019 that her 5-year-old daughter fell to her dying from an residence balcony was sentenced to 40 years in jail for beating the lady to dying, the Harris County District Attorney mentioned. Kim Ogg, often called Thursday, is probably the most weak and harmless sufferer we have now seen within the legal justice system, and the duty of fogeys is to shield them, not beat them with violence,” Ogg mentioned.
Andrea Webb, 24, pleaded responsible in September to a first-degree felony inflicting damage to a toddler, which carries the identical sentence as homicide, starting from 5 years to life in jail, and requested a decide to decide her sentence. A decide sentenced her on Wednesday.
Webb initially referred to as the police on March 9, 2019, saying her daughter, Samantha Bell, had fallen to her dying from a second-floor balcony. When police requested why the lady was lined in bruises, Weber admitted she lied and made up the story as a result of she feared being charged with homicide.
According to authorities, Webb admitted to repeatedly beating the lady with a belt, forcing her to sit in opposition to a wall for hours, and hitting her if she could not “sit in opposition to the wall.” Weber and her boyfriend, Devin Gibson, have been arrested. Gibson’s case remains to be pending.
Assistant District Attorney Gilbert Sawtelle, who’s answerable for the case, mentioned the sentence was truthful for the younger sufferer. “This bodily abuse goes on for a very long time, it does not occur in at some point,” Sauter mentioned.
The lady died from a collection of repeated blunt pressure accidents, he added.
“The little lady’s physique could not take it anymore,” Sauter mentioned.
