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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Cavallier

‘Unbearable’ and ‘blood boiling’ audio played at the ‘Boy in a Box’ trial shocks viewers

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It was a jarring day in a Florida courtroom on Friday as disturbing camera footage was played for the jury during the trial of a father who is accused of locking his adopted son in a box-like room for hours at a time.

Timothy Ferriter, 48, and his wife allegedly kept the boy, who was 14 years old at the time, in the windowless 8ft x 8ft box with only a bed, a bucket and a camera.

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