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Mom: Toddler ‘didn’t deserve’ to have hands glued

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Mom: Toddler 'didn't deserve' to have hands gluedDallas police officer Abel Lopez listens to a question in front of a display showing a crime scene photo of little hand prints on a wall while testifying about his investigation at the apartment of Elizabeth Escalona, 23, not shown, in Dallas, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. Escalona pleaded guilty July 12, 2012, to injury to a child and is facing up to life in prison. A doctor has testified that the Texas mother glued her 2-year-old daughter's hands to a wall and beat the toddler so badly that she suffered significant brain trauma and bleeding inside her skull.(AP Photo/LM Otero)(Credit: AP)

DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas mother who admitted to beating her toddler and gluing the child’s hands to a wall says her daughter “didn’t deserve that.”

Elizabeth Escalona took the stand Wednesday at a sentencing hearing after she pleaded guilty in July to felony injury to a child. Police say the 23-year-old mother lost her temper last year with her then-2-year-old daughter, Jocelyn Cedillo, over potty training problems.

Escalona and kicked Jocelyn before sticking her hands to an apartment wall using an adhesive commonly known as Super Glue.

Escalona admitted to hitting and kicking Jocelyn but said she didn’t recall why she did it. She also acknowledged she glued Jocelyn’s hands.

Prosecutors are asking for a 45-year prison sentence for Escalona.

Escalona’s mother and sister have asked for leniency.

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