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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Julia Roberts

Evil parents of boy who lost legs due to abuse will be freed after just 5 years in jail

The evil parents who abused Tony Hudgell are being freed this month – to the fury of his adoptive mother, who says the “sickening” news feels “like a blow to the stomach”.

Tony, seven, was beaten so brutally as a baby that both legs had to be amputated.

Since then, he has become a national fundraising icon and adoptive mother Paula Hudgell has won tougher sentences for child abusers.

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