Woman admits horrific abuse of teen including beatings, torture, and humiliation

Selica Wright, 33, has pleaded guilty to nine charges, including grievous bodily harm and child ill-treatment, after subjecting a teenage boy to brutal and degrading abuse.

Court documents reveal she repeatedly beat him with various objects, including a hammer, sword, and vacuum cleaner pole, causing severe physical injuries like broken bones and burns.

Her violent outbursts were triggered by trivial matters, and included:

• Beating with a hammer on his head, body, arms, and legs, causing deep bruises and breaking one of his fingers.
• Striking with the flat edge of a sword** on the teenager’s head.
• Beating with a vacuum cleaner pole until it was bent and unusable.
• Stabbing with a screwdriver to the back of the teenager’s head, leaving a wound that bled for days.
• Sealing the head wound with construction adhesive and later trying to clean it with petrol, then spraying bleach on the wound.
• Pushing the teenager into a wall and beating him with a piece of wood, leaving him with a broken vertebra and a split earlobe.
• Throwing boiling water on the boy, causing burns and blistering, followed by spraying bleach on the burns.
• Stabbing with a kitchen knife multiple times, including a wound that pierced his chest cavity.
• Forcing him to eat dog faeces and toilet paper smeared with her excrement.
• Stomping on his face, stomach, and legs while he was vomiting.
• Pushing the claw end of a hammer into his mouth, breaking a tooth.
• Refusing medical help despite his extensive injuries, including burns, broken bones, and a scalp abscess.

The teenager eventually escaped to a neighbour, who called the police.

Wright will be sentenced in December.