A Texan man has been sentenced to seven years jail after police found a video showing him giving marijuana to two toddlers.
Vanswan Polty, 20, entered into a plea bargain deal during his trial yesterday, which saw him escape more serious charges of organised crime, which may have seen him behind bars for 99 years.
Police stumbled across the video when searching Polty’s house on suspicion of recent burglaries.
The video showed two boys, aged two and four, being coaxed into smoking a joint, whilst Polty and his accomplice, 17-year-old Demetris McCoy, laughed in the background.
McCoy also pleaded guilty, receiving an eight-year sentence, after offering to testify against his friend.
Both men were charged with ‘causing injury to a child’ after it was found the toddlers had traces of cannabis and cocaine in their systems
The toddlers’ mother, who was asleep in the adjacent room when the incident took place, gave up custodial rights late last year.
The toddlers are now up for adoption.