A GRANDMOTHER who tormented her seven-year-old granddaughter while dressed up as her witch alter ego has been handed three life sentences.

Geneva Robinson, 51, ran what prosecuting lawyers described as a “house of horrors” where she would dress up as her alter ego Nelda and tell her granddaughter that there were horrible creatures living in the attic.

She was sentenced on Thursday after pleading guilty to five charges of child abuse in Oklahoma City, USA, with her boyfriend Joshua Granger, 33, sentenced to 30 years behind bars.

He allowed the abuse to happen and participated in it after dressing up as a demon called Coogro.

The court was shown terrifying footage of Robinson “'repeatedly torturing” the little girl who lived with her for a part of 2014.

6 Geneva Robinson was handed three life sentences for tormenting her granddaughter Credit: AP:Associated Press

6 The 51-year-old would torture her while dressed as her with alter ego Nelda

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The video shows Robinson dressed in black and wearing a wig, with her hands painted green and what appears to be a mask.

Granger can be heard saying to the terrified child: “Grandma's sick because of you. You go with the witch.”

The clearly scared child pleaded: “I promise, witch. I promise.” Robinson dressed up as Nelda then shrieked: “You lie, you lie, you lie, little girl.”

6 She ran what prosecutors described as a ‘house of horrors’

6 She admitted to five charges of child abuse before being sentenced

The little girl replied: “I promise, witch,” before adding “I won't do mean to Grandma. I won't hit Grandma. I won't be mean.”

Robinson then cackled: “Give me a fork and a knife,' which prosecutors say related to another lie Robinson told the girl which was that witches eat bad children.

Merydith Easter, for the prosecution, said: “What she did was horrific and what she did will forever impact this child and her siblings.”

6 She was sentenced to life behind bars on Thursday Credit: Police Handout

6 Her boyfriend Joshua Granger was handed 30 years for his role in the abuse Credit: Police Handout

She added: “She deserves the same amount of mercy that she showed this child, and that's none.”

Delivering the sentence, Judge Michele McElwee held up two photos of the young abuse victim, taken before and after she was sent to stay with Robinson.

The first showed a smiling girl with “sparking eyes”, the judge said. The second showed the girl with her hair cut every short, bruised, blistered and unsmiling.

“You know what died?” the judge asked Robinson rhetorically. “Those sparkling eyes from an innocent girl.”

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