HEARING SCHEDULED IN CHILD TORTURE.Byline: Donna Huffaker Staff Writer BURBANK - A 12-year-old Burbank girl's parents face a preliminary hearing Feb. 22 after pleading not guilty Thursday to charges of torturing and enslaving the child. Erlinda Reyes Allan, 37, and Marcus Allan Marcus "Clanger" Allan (born May 23, 1986) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He was recruited by Brisbane thrοugh the 2005 Rοοkie Draft, frοm the Northern Eagles AFC in Zillmere, Queensland. , 42, sat handcuffed in Burbank Superior Court as they were formally charged with torture, felony child abuse and inhuman in·hu·man adj. 1. a. Lacking kindness, pity, or compassion; cruel. See Synonyms at cruel. b. Deficient in emotional warmth; cold. 2. corporal punishment corporal punishment, physical chastisement of an offender. At one extreme it includes the death penalty (see capital punishment), but the term usually refers to punishments like flogging, mutilation, and branding. Until c. . If convicted, they could be sentenced to life in prison. They remained in custody in the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County jail in lieu of $600,000 bail each. Neither of their public defenders public defender, governmental official who represents indigent persons accused of crime. U.S. Supreme Court decisions expanding the right to counsel to pretrial proceedings and holding that a person cannot be sentenced to even one day in jail unless a lawyer was would comment on the case. Prosecutors gave the defense copies of 14 videotapes that Burbank police Lt. Don Brown said include images of the girl's dirty, blood-stained clothes and the backyard shed where she slept. Brown has said that even seasoned veterans were shocked when they found the girl last month in an abandoned car after they searched the Allans' home in the 2200 block of North Fairview Street last month. There were numerous fresh bruises and open wounds, as well as scars from old injuries, and the girl suffered from broken bones This article or section has multiple issues: * It does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by citing reliable sources. * It needs to be expanded. Please help [ improve the article] or discuss these issues on the talk page. , Brown has said. He said the girl looks much younger than 12 because she apparently has been fed only table scraps for years and stunted in growth. Authorities said the Allans initially claimed the girl had been sent back to the Philippines more than two years ago but eventually admitted she had just been trained by them to flee the house and hide outside when the police came to the door. |
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