No Jail Time In Toilet Case
Posted on Wednesday, 30 of July , 2008 at 10:26 am
NESS CITY, KAN—There will be no jail time for the man who was criminally charged for allowing his girlfriend to stay in his bathroom for two years, sitting on the toilet.
Kory McFarren, 36, had been charged with mistreatment of a dependent adult in March after he called police to report that there was something wrong with his girlfriend. When police arrived at his residence, they found a 35-year-old woman, identified as Pamela Babcock, physically attached to the toilet seat.
Police said she wasn’t stuck to the toilet or glued there but rather the woman’s skin had grown around the toilet seat. They estimated she had been sitting on the toilet for at least a month. They pried the toilet seat off with a prybar. Although she initially refused medical services, the woman was taken to a local hospital, with the toilet seat still attached. It was removed at the hospital, police said.
McFarren had pleaded no contest to the charge last month and on Tuesday, he was sentenced to six months in jail. The sentence was suspended and he was placed on probation after Babcock asked the judge for leniency.
McFarren told police that he had gave his girlfriend food and water daily and repeatedly asked her to come out of the bathroom but she had refused. He told police that every time he asked her to leave, she would respond, “Maybe tomorrow”.
She told the judge that she didn’t believe the circumstances were the fault of McFarren. A guardian has now been appointed for her.
He told police that it was her choice to stay in the bathroom and that she had a phobia about leaving the bathroom. He acknowledged that he should have asked for help sooner but said that after a while, “you kind of get used to it”.
McFarren said the bathroom became like a safe haven for her. 7-30-08
Category: Courts, Crime, Disabled
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