A judge, Justice Eleanor King, told a mother
from Powys, Wales, that she can't give her
newborn twins the names she chose. The
mother attempted to name her twins "Cyanide"
and "Preacher." She said she believed
"Cyanide" was a pretty name for a little girl with
positive implications since it's the poison that
killed both Hitler and his follower Joseph
Goebbels. She also argued that she had the
right to name her own children whatever she
wanted.
While Justice King acknowledged that
"Preacher" wasn't as bad of a name as
Cyanide, he ruled that the name 'Cyanide' could
cause emotional harm to the child in future.
King said:
"It is hard to see how...the twin girl
could regard being named after this
deadly poison as other than a complete
rejection of her by her birth mother."
The twins, who are now 8 months old, were
reportedly conceived of rape. They were placed
in foster care, along with their three half-
siblings, due to the mother's history of mental
illness and drug and alcohol abuse.
Social workers from Powys County Council took
the case to the British Appeal Court. An
injunction had previously been issued to prevent
the mother from formally registering the names.
Justice King said:
"This is one of those rare cases where
the court should intervene to protect the
girl twin from emotional harm," said
King.
Justice King ruled that the children would not
be named Cyanide and Preacher, she decided it
was in the best interest of the twins to be
renamed by their half-siblings and not their
mother.
Source: Metro
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