DISABLED TEEN TORTURED IN BESTWOOD - MAN RECEIVES 16-YEAR SENTENCE
The disabled teenager was forced to perform duties as a waiter and sing "Barbie Girl" as a tie was pulled tighter around his neck and boiling water repeatedly poured over his naked body.Whelpton, of Danes Close, Arnold, put a knife to his throat and told him to sing along.
He was frightened and plainly confused, and was told by Whelpton "it will get harder bro".
Whelpton sent a Facebook message to a girl and then made a 50-second video call of the teenager stood in his boxer shorts in a small cluttered kitchen, then crouched in a corner.
The girl said he "looked like he had been beaten up".
Whelpton's voice could be heard saying "get down and stay down".
He told the girl "this is what happens when you grass".
The victim could be heard saying "no, please stop" and the contents of a steaming kettle were emptied over him as he was screaming and crying.
Whelpton sent her a further message to the girl, referring to someone called Matt, saying "tell Matt, he's next".
The teenager woke up the next morning and went for a walk.
He did not return home until midnight where his carer's partner realised he needed to go to hospital.
He suffered four percent burns to his body - one percent of which were described as deep burns - and had bruising and cuts.
A victim impact statement revealed the teenager said: "The whole thing was frightening." When asked by a police officer what was frightening about it, he replied "getting kettled".
And he said: "I felt like hanging myself I was so scared".
