Former Henrico teacher’s abuse of stepsons came from 'evil mind,' judge says
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Chesterfield Judge David E. Johnson told former Henrico teacher Barbara Paul the abuse she inflicted on her stepsons came from an “evil mind,” not a “disturbed” one, before sentencing her to 132 years and 102 months behind bars.
Johnson said Paul’s “technique” involving “physical torture, unrelenting questions and shrill profanities” was the same model used by interrogators in the former Soviet Union.
Paul was found guilty in late July on 42 charges related to the abuse of her two stepsons.
Paul, a former teacher in the Henrico County school system, was engaged to a Henrico County police officer who is the father of the two boys she abused. The children were ages 9 and 11 when the abuse occurred.
Prosecutors said Paul strangled, punched and kicked the boys. They also said she forced them to do excessive exercise as punishment.
The brothers, who are ages 10 and 12 now, both testified at Paul’s sentencing hearing.
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