No, it’s not April 1st.
Here we have another account of a half-wit moron who is being kept in generous fashion by the taxes of the workers - well, is being kept in cigarettes, anyway.
A single mother who allowed her three-year-old son to smoke cigarettes at home was freed by a judge today - for her children's sake.
Mother-of-three Kelly Marie Pocock, 24, was accused of letting the little boy smoke in his bedroom and around the house.
A court heard family friend was so concerned she used her mobile phone to film the youngster puffing away.
She handed the evidence to social services who alerted police. Pocock was arrested for child cruelty.
The single mother was yesterday given a 40-week jail sentence - but it was suspended for two years after a judge said her children had suffered enough.
Judge John Curron said of the case: 'This is one of the most extraordinary I have ever come across.'
(Really? Fancy that...)
Prosecutor Jonathan Rees said: 'The video demonstrates the boy placing a cigarette into his mouth, lighting it with a lighter and sucking.
'He was drawing smoke clearly into the lungs and seems to do it with some accomplishment.
'It doesn't cause him any discomfort. He is sat on a chair close to the mother, who is talking on the phone.
'It's clear that the boy, at the age of three, knows what to do with a lighter and cigarette.'
The judge told Pocock: 'This is an appalling situation and I don't see how you could have been unaware of the fact.
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