A California husband who was caught on video recorded by his 9-year-old child brutally beating his wife in front of their kids has been sentenced to four years in prison.
Miguel Lazaro-Castillo, 38, was handed the maximum term allowed under the law Friday, after pleading no contest in October to felony domestic violence, false imprisonment and misdemeanor child abuse.
The charges stemmed from a harrowing incident that was reported on the morning of Oct. 9, when the Yuba County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from one of Lazaro-Castillo’s children, according to a statement from the Yuba County District Attorney’s Office.
Deputies raced to the family’s home and found Lazaro-Castillo sitting on top of his wife lying faced-down to the floor littered with blood-soaked napkins.
The couple’s three children, ages 9, 14 and 15, were at home at the time.
During the investigation, deputies learned that Lazaro-Castillo’s youngest child…
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