A woman has been jailed for 20 years after she was found guilty of boiling her husband’s two-year-old son alive in Jordan, Middle East.
The sick act followed a brawl between the couple on October 1, 2018.
The woman, whose name was not disclosed, was asked by her husband to take care of his children, aged 4 and 2.
But after a “heated argument” the stepmother decided to “take revenge by killing the victim”, according to court files.
“The defendant prepared boiled water, poured it into the bathtub and placed the victim inside,” court documents said.
When the little boy started screaming, the woman removed him from the boiling tub when he was taken to a nearby hospital, according to court papers.
But he died two weeks later as a result of his first-degree burns.
Court documents also revealed the woman often “abused” and “mistreated” the children.
