A father who subjected his children to ’emotional and psychological harm’ during a gruelling hike has been arrested and charged with torture and abuse.

Micah Smith, 31, took his three children, aged two, four and eight, on a hike through the Broads Fork Trail in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah.

After eight hours of hiking, they reached the summit at 11,330 feet, but then disappeared, only to be declared missing afterwards.

They were found the next day, suffering from severe frostbite and almost dead after it rained and began to hail. The two-year-old fell and hit his head on nearby rocks during the ordeal.

Shockingly, a GoFundMe was set up after the ordeal, in which it was claimed Smith tried to sacrifice himself by lying on the children to keep them warm. Police say it was his fault to be

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