Father Spanks Son, Gets Arrested

(Manchester, England) An unruly three-year-old boy was spanked on the fanny by his father and arrested for assault. The police were concerned about the amount of force applied in the spank. As a result, the father was let out on bail with the stipulation that he had to move out of his house and have no unsupervised contact with his son until the trial. He was also prohibited from talking to him on the phone. Six months later, his trial date finally arrived and he pled guilty and was sentenced to two years rehabilitation.

My gut feeling is that the police overreacted. And, just reflecting on the times I was spanked as a youngster, my dad would have been sentenced to life in prison.