3 friends pours boiling water on boy, 12, during sleepover 'prank'
The three boys were arrested but later released to their families while they wait for their court hearings next month, the outlet reported.
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A 12-year-old boy suffered severe burns and was hospitalised after his friends poured scalding water on his face as he slept during a sleepover prank gone wrong.
The unsuspecting minor was sleeping at his neighbour’s apartment in Tifton, Georgia, USA, while the three other boys, whose ages range from 12 to 15, were playing video games, his mother, Tiffany West, told WALB.
According to Ms West, one of the boys believed it would be a funny prank to pour hot water on the pre-teen, which caused second-degree burns, mostly on his face.
Ms West’s son was transported to a burn centre in Augusta where he underwent surgery and is now recovering at home, she told the outlet.
The heartbroken mother was furious at the dangerous stunt that injured her child.
“I mean, I really can’t describe it now. At that moment I was just mad, hurt, in shock. Everything, I was seeing red. I was just trying to hurry up and get him some help,” she said.
The three boys were arrested but later released to their families while they wait for their court hearings next month, the outlet reported.
The boy’s aunt, Nachelle Austile, asked the child whether he was “mad or sad” but he wasn’t showing any emotion following his return home.
“He’s numb about it,” she said.
“You got to be in shock to know your friends are capable of doing this to you. Like somebody you trusted, it’s just horrible. He never thought something like this would happen to him.”
