Father Jailed for Cruelty After Forcing Son to Take Heroin Substitute

Father Jailed for Cruelty After Forcing Son to Take Heroin Substitute
James Major was sentenced to four years in prison for child cruelty in Grimsby, UK. Humberside Police
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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A British father has been jailed for four years on child cruelty charges after forcing his 12-year-old to take a potentially lethal heroin substitute.

James Major, 40, from Cleethorpes, crushed methadone tablets into his son’s blackcurrant juice and forced him to drink it so that he could pass off his son’s urine sample as his own for a drug test.

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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