The parents
of a ten-year-old boy who confessed to urinating on a boy, 7, in the
toilets at a primary school have sent a callous and curt apology to the
distraught mother of the boy, who also claimed he was sexually molested.
The
seven-year-old, who has learning difficulties, was urinated on and
sexually molested by the ten-year-old over several months at the primary
school in Victoria, the mother says.
The
handwritten note from the older boy's parents says: 'Dear Parent, I
would like to apologise for my son's [name suppressed] inappropriate
behaviour towards your child, causing you and your child distress'.
The note was written after the parents refused to meet with the mother and 'discuss the situation'.
The
younger boy's mother, who cannot be identified, told Daily Mail
Australia the 10-year-old boy locked her son in the toilet and urinated
on him following weeks of constant bullying . The boy then told teachers
that the seven-year-old had wet his pants.
The mother has decided to go public to try and force the school to expel the bully.
The boy, 7,
(above) was bullied by a ten-year-old at his Victorian primary school,
locked in the school toilets and urinated upon and then sexually abused
over months during which the boy forced him to touch his penis and
touched the younger boy's penis and bottom
The Victorian
primary school boy (pictured, above) was doing well at school despite
his learning difficulties but is now frightened by the 10-year-old who
bullied and then molested him and his mother fears he will be
permanently affected by the abuse
The parents of the 10-year-old boy
sent this curt note after their son admitted urinating on the
seven-year-old in the toilets of the Victorian primary school, but the
behaviour didn't stop and the younger boy was subsequently sexually
molested in the school grounds and told 'don't tell the teachers'
'I
know about sexual assault on children and I fear that my son will
remember this always and it will affect him as an adult. He is already
showing disturbed behaviour,' the mother said.
The
boy had also touched her son's penis and bottom, and forced the boy to
touch his penis in the toilet and behind the school's early learning
centre.
Despite
the catalogue of claims, the mother claims neither the school nor the
Victorian Department of Education has done anything to end the abuse,
and that the department had 'threatened her' about going public.
She
says she has been forced to take out an intervention order against the
boy and fears she may lose the case and end up paying the legal costs
incurred by other boy's parents over the action, because her son is too
traumatised to give evidence in the Victorian Children's Court next
year.
The mother
(above) of the abused boy says neither the school principal nor the
Victorian Education department has done enough to stop her son being
molested by another schoolboy
'He's
having night terrors and he is anxious. The other day he had a
meltdown. I had to take him by the arm to stop him running onto the
road,' she said.
'My
son is going through hell. He is petrified and has told the school he
fears this other child on multiple occasions. He is only seven years old
and shouldn't have to go through this.
'While
I understand that this is a sensitive matter for both children and that
the other child may need help too, my first concern is my son.'
She
said the school had failed to stop the older boy, whose 'parents aren't
poor' - and he was ignoring a a 'safety plan' put in place.
'There's also a grey area around children aged between nine and 12 years old, so the police won't lay charges,' the mother said.
The
mother said she did not want to move her son because he had previously
been at another school, which could not cope with his learning
difficulties
The
problems began earlier this year, when the mother had thought all was
going well for her son, who suffers from Attention Deficit Disorder
(ADHD).
The parents of
the 10-year-old who abused the boy (above) have hired a lawyer to fight
an intervention order taken out by the mother in the Victorian
Children's Court, which she fears she may lose and have to pay the legal
costs
The independent
psychologist's report (above) sought by the mother of the seven-year-old
Victorian schoolboy after she found out about sexual abuse at the hands
of a boy, 10, who urinated on him and later began touching his penis
and bottom
'He
went from not being able to read two letter words to five or six
letters in one term,' she said. 'He has received so many achievement
awards it's not funny.
'They
are a great school that has helped him in abundance, that is very
clear. The place where they have failed is in protecting him from
someone they know hurts him and others.'
She
said during the second school term this year, her son told her one day,
"Mum I don't want to go to school because [name suppressed] will hurt
me".
The report from
the school's psychologist in October, which states the concerns held
about two boys who slapped the seven-year-old across the face at school
after he reported being bullied and urinated on by their friend, the
10-year-old abuser
He
then confessed that three boys had been bullying him about his slight
stature and calling him names, but she had not realised the magnitude of
it until the day in August when the school contacted her and said her
son was 'distraught and had wet his pants'.
'When
[her son] got home I spoke to him and eventually he told me "[the other
boy] locked me in the toilet and he weed on me",' the mother said.
'When I contacted the school they said they hadn't known.'
The boy was punished and the school drew up a 'safety plan'.
The
mother requested a meeting with the parents of the boy, 'so we could
sit down together calmly and professionally and try to work together to
help the situation. But they refused to meet me'.
Under the school's safety plan the bully was 'to be supervised at all times' by a teacher and not allowed to go near her son.
But the boy continued to wage a campaign of fear against her son, escalating into sexual abuse.
Two other boys slapped the woman's son in the face in retaliation for reporting the bullying by the 10-year-old.
'In October he started having nightmares. But I didn't know why,' the mother said, breaking down and weeping at the memory.
'Then in November, my Mum was looking after him and listening him talk and she heard my son, say the words 'suck my d***'.
'My
son does not use that word. He either says "penis" or "doodle" and Mum
got him out of the bathroom and said "where did you hear that word?" and
my son was very ashamed.
'And
he said [the 10-year-old schoolboy's name] and he was keeping his head
down not looking at her and then she said to him "what is a d***?" and
he pointed at his penis.'
'And
she told him she would have to tell me about it, but when she dropped
him off it was bedtime, so the next day she called me and told me and
after dinner I sat him down and said that we needed to have a little
chat.
''And
he put his hands over his face and put his head into the couch and said
"no, no, no, I don't want to talk about it". And I asked him what a
d*** was and said "has anyone ever touched you there?".
'And he started saying again "no, no, no, no".'
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