Evil Stepmother Jailed For Abusing Three Girls in a Cinderella-like Manner

Caroline Sharp, from the UK, who tormented three girls — one is her biological daughter while the other two are her stepdaughters who were left in her care when their mother died — and treated them as her “slaves”, has been jailed for two years.

The court heard that Ms Sharp carried out the abuse between June 1975 and June 1991, but the abuse was only revealed when one of the stepdaughters went to the police in 2015.

It was learned that at some point, Ms Sharp forced one of the girls to use newspaper for a sanitary pad, drink from the toilet and stop bathing for six weeks. The girls would also get so hungry, they would risk physical punishment and steal from the cupboards. “They would often not be fed between Friday teatime and pack-up on Monday at school,” prosecutor Gordon Stables said.

The court also heard that the girls were also forced to do gardening and housework for hours on end, before being “smacked and starved”.

Ms Sharp’s biological daughter said that while being used as a slave, she was also force-fed egg sandwiches and fatty mince as part of a joke, which made her sick.

Judge Paul Watson has told the mother about the impact that the girls’ “nightmare childhood” would be on them.

“This was truly the childhood of nightmares. At your hands, they were abused, humiliated, belittled and neglected.

“They were starved of the parental care and affection to which they were entitled.

“These children were, in fact, used by you as slaves with no care or affection to be shown to them throughout their childhood.

“The effects upon each of them are lasting and profound.

“Each of them has been left with long-lasting and serious difficulties which they are struggling to deal with,” he said.

He added that each of the women is going to need “therapeutic counselling for years to come.”

All three women were in tears as Ms Sharp was led away from the Grimsby Crown Court this week.

UK media reports revealed that Ms Sharp told police she was sorry and wanted to “turn back the clock” when arrested.

She was sentenced to two years’ jail for the three counts of child cruelty.

Source: Au.news.yahoo.com