‘Bizarre and horrifying scene’: Father bound 3yo in packing tape for an hour

A Self-Described Stressed-Out Dad Sentenced for Child Abuse

A self-described stressed-out, stay-at-home dad has been sentenced after using packing tape to tie up his 3-year-old son for roughly an hour – a punishment that only stopped after police arrived at the North Shore home and rescued the tightly bound child.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Emphasis:

• Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
• Goal 5: Gender Equality
• Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
• Goal 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

“Why don’t you just let me kill you instead?” the father had yelled at the pre-schooler that same day after finding the child dangling halfway out an upstairs window. “Let me have that joy.”

Up until now, Caleb Brian Pineda-Lyon’s name has been kept secret. But the 31-year-old lost his bid for permanent name suppression and a discharge without conviction as he appeared before Judge Claire Ryan this week in the Auckland District Court.

Judge Orders Sentence of Community Detention and Supervision

“The pictures [taken by police] show a bizarre and horrifying scene,” Judge Ryan said as she ordered a sentence of community detention and supervision – an outcome that took into account the four months Pineda-Lyon had already spent in jail awaiting trial.

“This is what a father did to his vulnerable young child … I do not consider it appropriate that such a conviction should be hidden.”

Details of the Abuse and Its Impact

The abuse occurred in August 2022 after Pineda-Lyon heard the child whimpering and crying in an upstairs bedroom and investigated, finding the child with his top half outside the window and his bottom half inside.

After rescuing the child, the appropriate response would have been to recognize he was “vulnerable, scared and needing a cuddle” – pausing to let the father’s own emotions cool before having a discussion about dangerous behavior, the judge suggested this week. But instead, she said, “that pressure cooker burst”.

“The defendant grabbed [the preschooler] by his ankle and held him upside down in the air for approximately five seconds,” the agreed summary of facts for the case states. “The defendant then threw [him] one meter onto his bed. The defendant went over to [the boy] and slapped him across the face.”

The child’s mother tried to intervene and protect the boy. The defendant, however, pushed her away by the throat and told her not to make it about herself, court documents state. She carried the child to another room and attempted to shield him from the defendant, but Pindea-Lyon followed and punched them both.

“[The boy] was screaming, crying and telling the defendant to stop,” court documents state, adding that Pineda-Lyon slapped both victims and told them “they needed to sit upstairs and think about what they’ve done”.

The mother later went downstairs to get ice for the child’s face, at which point Pineda-Lyon remained behind, yelling at the boy and lambasting him with what the judge described as “cruel and callous remarks”, including calling him stupid.

“If you want to climb out the window and kill yourself, why don’t you just let me do it?” he yelled at the child. “Why don’t you just let me kill you instead? Let me have that joy. Instead of taking that joy away from me, why don’t you let me do it instead, the both of you?”

It’s at that point Pineda-Lyon began wrapping the masking tape around the child’s arms, waist, thighs, knees, and ankles. The child was still bound when police arrived about an hour later. He had red marks and indentations on his arms from the tape when it was removed, as well as red marks and abrasions on his face from being hit. The child’s mother also suffered a cut to her lower lip from being slapped.

The physical injuries were not permanent, but the attack would have had a longer-lasting psychological impact on the victims, the judge said.

“The emotional trauma by a parent’s breach of trust is significant,” she explained.

Defendant’s Plea and Explanations

Pineda-Lyon initially denied the representative charges of injuring with intent to injure, which carries a maximum sentence of five years’ imprisonment, and assault on a person in a family relationship, punishable by up to two years’ imprisonment. But he pleaded guilty last year.

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SDGs, Targets, and Indicators

1. Which SDGs are addressed or connected to the issues highlighted in the article?

• SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
• SDG 5: Gender Equality
• SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
• SDG 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

2. What specific targets under those SDGs can be identified based on the article’s content?

• SDG 3.4: By 2030, reduce by one-third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being.
• SDG 5.2: Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation.
• SDG 10.2: By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic, and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion, or economic or other status.
• SDG 16.2: End abuse, exploitation, trafficking, and all forms of violence against and torture of children.

3. Are there any indicators mentioned or implied in the article that can be used to measure progress towards the identified targets?

• Indicator for SDG 3.4: Number of reported cases of child abuse and neglect.
• Indicator for SDG 5.2: Number of reported cases of violence against women and girls.
• Indicator for SDG 10.2: Proportion of the population who have experienced physical or psychological violence in the past 12 months.
• Indicator for SDG 16.2: Number of children subjected to physical, psychological, or sexual abuse.

Table: SDGs, Targets, and Indicators

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Source: nzherald.co.nz

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