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A man has been ordered to pay almost £500 to his young son after forcing him to shovel snow barefoot.
The man claims he sent the boy outside to clear the snow in northern Sweden as punishment for misbehaving in March 2018, local newspaper Västerbottens-Kuriren reports.
He denied any wrongdoing and said the child, whose exact age was not given in court, refused to put on a coat or shoes.
Despite the fact he wasn’t wearing shoes, the father still made his son carry out the punishment – although the pair were said to have only been outside for about two minutes.
He is reported to have admitted in court that he didn’t show the best judgment, but he said he sent the boy outside to stop him from kicking or hitting his mother again.
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According to a neighbour who witnessed the incident and reported it, the child was dressed in just a T-shirt and screamed that his feet hurt.