Raymond Matthew Brittle, a 40-year-old laborer from Thurmont, stood mute at his sentencing after defense attorney Margaret Teahan portrayed him as a dim-witted alcoholic whose bottled-up rage at his own abusive father had exploded in an uncharacteristic fit of violence.
Frederick County Circuit Judge G. Edward Dwyer didn’t buy that argument. He cited statements from Brittle’s own adolescent son that Brittle began beating Robert Watkins weekly after the boy moved into their home in early 2013. The frequency increased to at least once a day in the month before Robert died from devastating brain injuries on Sept. 8, 2013, the boy told police.
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No excuse for doing this....
ReplyDeleteLet's just end this family cycle with a death penalty. A public hanging or firing squad would serve the best purpose here. The last thing would be a behind closed doors execution like the little kid had to endure. His suffering needs the light of day; and 20 bullets. Or 19...
ReplyDeleteLets just put him in a locked room with a dozen dedicated, corn-fed fathers of young boys and allow them to go to town with impunity......
ReplyDeleteAnd the judge only gave him 40 yrs.??? HOW can this be. You can get more time for trafficking.
ReplyDeleteIdiot judge . This guy needs life at least!
Eye for an eye
ReplyDeleteGood, its a dam shame we do not have the death penalty in MD that's what this man deserves
ReplyDeleteYou can murder someone with a gun and get life, but you repeatedly torture and kill a 2 year old and you only get 40 years ??
ReplyDeleteThis story is confusing. Towards the end it says he suspended another 15 years. Does that mean he got 55 originally......or that he got 40 and 15 of those are suspended?
ReplyDeleteThe stepdaughter had to know how he was. Why would she leave a baby in their care.
All of them need to be locked up.