Octuplets' father gets probation

Houston - The father of the seven surviving Texas octuplets received two years' probation after pleading no contest yesterday…

Houston - The father of the seven surviving Texas octuplets received two years' probation after pleading no contest yesterday to charges he struck his mother-in-law in a domestic dispute.

Ikye Louis Udobi (41) told County Court-At-Law Judge Michael Peters he had apologised to Mrs Janet Chukwu, whom he hit over the head with a chair in their Houston home.

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