最近,广州一保姆涉嫌毒杀七旬雇主老太一案,震惊全国,引发人们对此类事件的关注。
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“毒保姆是广东媒体接连曝光的一系列保姆毒杀老人案件,这些保姆为了早点拿到工资,就用下毒的方法将雇主老人毒杀。
其共同特征是,在应聘时要求,即使做不了几天,老人死了也要拿到整月工资(full-month salary),然后找机会将老人杀害后要钱走人。
在韶关籍案中,保姆何天带在刚进入雇主家工作的第4天,她就将安眠药(sleeping pills)、敌敌畏与肉汤(broth)勾兑,喂何老太喝下,“就像喂小孩一样。她喝了2汤匙羹,喝了之后睡着了。
在老人睡着后,何天带又用针管吸满兑有敌敌畏的汤汁,注射到老人的身体里(injecting the potion into the elderly's body),“就像吸毒那样子打,在腹部打了一针,没用完的打到屁股上去了。6时许,她又用绑衣服的尼龙绳勒(a nylon rope)老人的颈部,“勒了几秒钟。
因老太太的存折(savings accounts books)、耳环(earings)等财物不见,老太的儿子怀疑是保姆偷走报警处理,警方介入调查后发现死者身上的勒痕、臀部有针孔且出血等情况,从而发现了犯罪事实。
近日,保姆何天带因涉嫌故意杀人罪在广州市中级人民法院受审,检察机关披露何天带在2013年6月至2014年12月间,还涉嫌利用做保姆的便利以类似手法犯下另外9单故意杀人案,其中2单未遂(attempting to kill two)、7单造成被害人死亡(murdering seven patients)。但因被害人家属未发现可疑等因素,导致缺乏证据(a lack of evidence),检察机关(prosecutors)目前未予认定并提出指控。
无独有偶,此前,广州警方也曾破获一宗类似的保姆杀人案。据介绍,犯罪嫌疑人陈某(女,48岁,广东英德人)以照顾老人(looking after elderly patient)为名,为谋财而故意杀害其照顾的老人,还故意制造老人自然死亡(natural death)的假象,企图逃避公安机关的侦查打击。
These cases exposed the lack of strict control and supervision among agencies handling recruitment of elderly caregivers, authorities said.
当局表示,这些案件暴露出了代理公司招募保姆缺乏严格的控制和监管的问题。
广州理工学院的法律系教授张一日认为:"家政公司从业人员素质参差不齐,缺少培训(lack of training),疏于约束和管理;业内“黑家政横行。如此行业生态下的结果便是,保姆的素养难以达到雇主的要求,加上准入门槛极低(extremely low access threshold),对保姆的从业道德审查和培训机制不健全,再加上没有建立连带的责任体系,由此为“毒保姆的出现,埋下了系统性隐患(risk)。
“毒保姆的存在无疑是老人们的梦魇,如何避免或者减少类似案例的发生,在打击个案的同时亟待整个行业的升级,尤其要提高家政服务业(home services industry)的整体水平,让保姆的素质(quality)真正得到提升。
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