Father of abused 4-year-old seeks help to get child to UK
Leon Jefferson, via a GoFundMe fundraiser created 2 days ago, is hoping to secure £10,000.
"I'm in a situation where child services are threatening to take my son from his mother in the British Virgin Islands for child neglect. My son has suffered a broken bone by his stepfather, who the mother entrusted to take care of him while she was working. The child had a surgery to get his bone repaired and now has steel plates in his leg," the public appeal for help stated on the Go Fund Me page.
Mother likely to face criminal charges
According to Jefferson, the mother of his child will also likely be criminally charged, along with the stepfather, for the offence.
"There won't be anyone left to take care of my son, so I'm in an urgent need to go and travel for him and bring him back to the UK to live with me. Where I can look after him and make sure no harm comes his way again."
Jefferson said his young son would also need physiotherapy to walk again as well as medical care.
"I am raising money to help with the cost of my plane ticket and a plane ticket for my son as well, also help with a hotel and quarantine fee. Please, I will be very grateful if you can help donate."
According to a news story on JTV News, the child abuse matter allegedly occurred on May 3, 2021 on the sister island of Virgin Gorda.
"Initial investigations revealed that the prime suspect is the stepfather of the child who allegedly has a record of physically abusing that child. In this instance, the boy child was allegedly badly beaten by the man for allegedly messing up a room in the home while playing."
The JTV reported further said the alleged incident occurred while the mother was out and that when she returned home she found the child with a broken leg in bed. Her husband allegedly admitted to her that he beat the child.
The child was taken to Nurse Iris O’Neal Medical Centre on Virgin Gorda and then to Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital on Tortola, JTV News reported.
See link below to GoFundMe account:
Fundraiser by Leon Jefferson : Help Leon travel abroad to get his 4 year old son. (gofundme.com)
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68 Responses to “Father of abused 4-year-old seeks help to get child to UK”
Lock her up yes, she telling the worl that she allowed this man to abuse her son just to keep him ????
No sah, she had need to repot his behind the first time he hit her son, children cannot fen for themselves, we who bring them into this world have to fend for them, point blank.
They would endanger a child’s life by placing them in unhealthy environments with unfit parents yet turn around and threaten to take a child away from a parent who immediately sought help.
Set of poppyshow!
"Initial investigations revealed that the prime suspect is the stepfather of the child who allegedly HAS A RECORD OF PHYSICALLY ABUSING THAT CHILD."
If this report is correct, the mother knew of past abuses and apparently did nothing to protect her child.
Can you imagine the pain the poor child suffered while lying in bed until his mother came home? It's really beyond me how anyone can abuse such innocent children. I hope this animal gets severely punished by the law.
If he is guilty then he’s a monster and the law will punish him but right now, he’s not.
That’s how the law works. Otherwise anyone could allege something about you and you would have no defence.
Many things this mother should be charged with. Number 1 is that the child is not in daycare or preschool. The mother has 2 other children, an older one and a younger one. The older one’s father has custody of him because she was allegedly neglecting the child and she has a younger one who he had enrolled in day care while she leaves this 4 year old at home in VG all day with either her brother who is mentally unstable or her husband who abuses the child. This child needs serious help as he can only speak a few words at the age of four. This mother should have been taking her child to Tola with her to a daycare if none are available on VG as she works in Tola. Who in their right mind would leave a 4 year old with a mental patient all day. That’s the height of neglect
Maybe she only reported this case because the child was in too much pain.
begging $10,000 is enough for me to say whoaa..
Children don’t have no call in big people business
afe. Votes are worth this?
The question is if the mother would want the father to take the child. He not likely has a passport and both parents have to sign the application. I wished for the father he can find someone in the BVI to assist him with all the requirements
He also needs a copy of The child’s birth certificate to take to UK. I wish him well
To every one of you who so feel yall know the situation and seeking the truth well here it is, the truth is I was in this child life up ontill he was almost 3 years old working my a$$ off at water and sewage just so that this child could have a future but at that time I also was goin tru problems with this same ***** ***** and this ***** ***** of mines has a way of fooling the public that she is this sweet kind-hearted person when in fact this woman is the devil to all God!! Talk about setting police on ur own ***** ***** who u live with all because he question you about your whereabouts and guess what? She had plans all along up and down *******, this woman left our son with me for almost a month went sailing sleep places and never checked on her child for almost a month but I never struggled to carry that child day care and back when I had to work the most I ever did was question her about seeing her child,and one day she came back with police to get her things and they end up taking the child from me giving him back to his mother she filed for a restraining or order against me all because I needed some of the child stuffs she had I was dragged to court reduce to only bein able to pick up this child on a weekend which I found was unfair all because this woman wanted to have piece a cake else where!! Well I decided enough was enough so I moved away to better my self and guess what I still reach out to help my son send money to this woman about 3 times ontill she decided to say to me she is not goin to be standing up in no line to receive money from me that I am sending for my child I offered several times over and over and this woman refused me, so for people thinking they know the situation the issue is not me not wanting to be in this child life the issue is who I am faced to be dealing with every day, asking a mother every day how is my child? What's new with him? Are there any improvements about him and every time I swear to God is two letter word as a answer (he is good) and that's it.... how can a mother live in her own house doesn't have to pay rent and can't afford to send her child school?? People claim to know every thing but is only the bull**** lies *** spills to the media, people and friends and they always believes because she puts on this sweet voice innocent act and guess what at the end of the day social services still choose to send my son right back into the same house with this same mental ****** of hers and God knows if this **** ***** is even coming back to that same house..