The Torture of a Child-witch: On November 24th of 2003, an 8-year-old orphan living with her aunt was accused of witchcraft. Together with two accomplices, they beat her, cut her with knives, and rubbed chili peppers in her eyes in a flat in Hachney, east London. The accused witch was then stuffed in a laundry sack and told "today you will die". She was going to be thrown in a river to drown in the sack. Luckily she escaped to live on the streets, where police found her. The trio who beat her cited religious motivations as the grounds for the torture. They recieved between four and ten years in prison each for their crimes. #babettebombshell #witchhunters #superstition #exorcists #religouszealots #religiouscults #exorcism #religousintolerance #rationalthought #rationality #skepticism #criticalthinkingskills #criticalthinking #freedomfromreligion #domesticviolence #childabuse #victimadvocacy #victimsrights #culturalviolence #mentalhealth #fortean #xfiles