A Cirencester man who rammed poo down a young boy’s throat ‘because his dad did the same thing to him’ has walked free from court.
Stanley Haywood, 42, viciously attacked his victim moments after the embarrassed youngster disclosed to him that he had accidentally soiled his pants with excrement.
The defendant asked the child repeatedly what had happened, but his aggressive questioning caused him to “feel scared” and he stayed silent, prosecutor Keith Ballinger told Swindon Magistrates’ Court today (7 February).
The boy went upstairs, changed his dirty clothing and started cleaning himself up.
Haywood, who could be heard sobbing loudly in the dock as the court heard about his vile crime, went upstairs moments later and found him holding a pair of poo-filled underpants.
“He grabbed them from him and then he was grabbed by the defendant by the back of his head”, Mr Ballinger added.
“He pulled his hair and used his other hand to push the underpants into his mouth.
“Initially he closed his mouth, but the defendant used his hands to open his mouth and push them inside.”
A short time later, the youngster’s shocked mother found her son bleeding from the mouth, with his teeth coated in excrement.
She rushed him to the Great Western Hospital in Swindon, where he was assessed. Doctors found bruising to his cheek and the back of his throat, though no treatment was required.
Haywood was arrested and whilst in custody, told officers he was “very stressed” at the time, and that his father used to do the same to him when he was young.
In interview, he said he was “disgusted and horrified” at his behaviour, and claimed he did not remember much of what happened.
He was serving a community order at the time of the offence. It was imposed by Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court, where he was sentenced for possession of a bladed article in a public place.
The despicable man, of School Road, Cirencester, pleaded guilty to assault by beating at Swindon Magistrates’ Court at an earlier hearing and the case was adjourned for a pre-sentence report.
Today he was sentenced to a three-month prison sentence suspended for 18 months, with an 18-month mental health treatment requirement and 25 rehabilitation activity requirement days.
He attended with the support of a psychiatrist, who said he has a “complex trauma history”, and confirmed that he has never received much-needed treatment for mental health issues.
Magistrates, who described the offences as “very humiliating” for the victim, also told Haywood to pay £100 compensation to the child. No costs were awarded.
Mark Glendenning, defending said: “He is devastated that he has acted in this way and is ashamed of his actions.”
Adding that Haywood is a recovering drug addict and was struggling at the time of the incident.
