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The world has gone PC mad. This made me so angry because it is so stupid and it appears that people don't realise just how stupid it is...

Father who smacked son banned from home for six months
The Guardian

A father who was spotted smacking his young son during a shopping trip was barred from his own home and separated from his family for six months, it emerged yesterday.

Earlier this year, a detective putting up murder inquiry posters in Chorlton, Greater Manchester, saw the 41-year-old giving a single smack to the bottom of his three-year-old son. The father, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to common assault at Manchester magistrates court yesterday.

Bail conditions imposed by the court and social services had banned him from the home he shared with his partner and two children - including a new-born baby girl - as he waited six months for his case to come to trial.

He was also prevented from having any unsupervised contact with his son, and for several months was not even allowed phone contact with him.

Yesterday the man said that the ban had punished not just him but his entire family.

"My partner had to look after our son and bring up our baby all on her own for six months because I wasn't allowed to be around," he said.

"It's not just been punishing for me, it's been punishing for her and the kids. I was dealt with really unfairly."

Magistrates in the case, which came only weeks after an attempt by rebel MPs to outlaw smacking completely was defeated in parliament, placed the man on a two-year rehabilitation order.

They heard how the father had been out shopping with his partner, their son and their baby daughter in June this year when the incident happened. The three-year-old boy was misbehaving, and the father smacked him and was spotted by the detective.

Don Fletcher, prosecuting, said: "The policeman went to speak to the defendant and a security guard also saw the defendant lash out with his right hand and strike the small boy on his bottom."

The boy, who was lifted into the air by the force of the slap, began to howl, drawing the attention of other shoppers.

But Sara Lewis, defending, explained that the child had run out in front of a car, placing himself in danger, and that his behaviour had pushed his parents to the end of their tether.

She said the father, who wanted to bring the boy up properly, had accepted that the force of the slap was a little excessive and was sorry.