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Couple who screamed at their kids in YouTube 'prank' sentenced to probation
Source: The Guardian and agencies
Couple who screamed at their kids in YouTube 'prank' sentenced to probation
Heather and Mike Martin, who posted videos of themselves breaking their children’s toys, sentenced to five years’ probation for child neglect
Sam Levin and agencies
Tuesday 12 September 2017 23.07 BST
A husband and wife who posted “prank” videos on YouTube of themselves screaming at the couple’s children and breaking their toys have been sentenced to five years of probation for child neglect.
Heather and Mike Martin each entered pleas to two counts of child neglect, the Baltimore Sun reported. The pleas allow them to maintain their innocence while acknowledging the evidence.
The Maryland couple had uploaded videos to their YouTube channel called DaddyOFive. In them, the parents screamed profanities at their children, in some cases moving them to tears. They later apologized.
An investigation focused on two biological children of Mike Martin and the stepchildren of Heather Martin. Prosecutors said the kids experienced “substantial impairments of their mental or psychological ability to function”.
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Heather and Mike Martin, who posted videos of themselves breaking their children’s toys, sentenced to five years’ probation for child neglect
Sam Levin and agencies
Tuesday 12 September 2017 23.07 BST
A husband and wife who posted “prank” videos on YouTube of themselves screaming at the couple’s children and breaking their toys have been sentenced to five years of probation for child neglect.
Heather and Mike Martin each entered pleas to two counts of child neglect, the Baltimore Sun reported. The pleas allow them to maintain their innocence while acknowledging the evidence.
The Maryland couple had uploaded videos to their YouTube channel called DaddyOFive. In them, the parents screamed profanities at their children, in some cases moving them to tears. They later apologized.
An investigation focused on two biological children of Mike Martin and the stepchildren of Heather Martin. Prosecutors said the kids experienced “substantial impairments of their mental or psychological ability to function”.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/12/youtube-parents-children-heather-mike-martin
