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My stepmother nailed my feet to the floor because I dared to call her 'Mummy'

Gloucestershire, UK: A toddler had his feet nailed to the floor by his own stepmother - because he dared to call her 'Mummy'.

Peter Kilby was burned, hit, force fed mustard and even held face-down in a trough of ice cold water by his stepmother Flossie while his father Harold watched.

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