An Ohio mother whose 5-year-old daughter was allegedly raped, beaten and strangled by a 10-year-old girl and 9-year-old boy — along with having her hair "scalped from her head" — pleaded Wednesday with the judge overseeing the kids' attempted murder case to not take it easy on them, saying "This type of behavior doesn't deserve grace."

"She has been going through it," the mom, Antavia Kennibrew, told the juvenile court about her daughter, according to Cleveland.com . "And that's how it should be for the offenders."

Kennibrew's plea came after one of the young defendants, the 9-year-old, did not show up to court due to alleged car troubles. The 10-year-old was present, but her parents chose to skip the proceeding. She reportedly wore a pink coat with a fur-lined hood pulled up over her he

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