A mother threatened with twenty years imprisonment: a baby hidden in the trunk for two years

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Monday, November 12, 2018

For two years, a mother in France has her baby vegetated in a trunk in front of her. This is only when she brings her car to the shop that the neglected girl is discovered. Now, the woman has to answer the court.

The unimaginable discovery of a completely neglected toddler in a trunk currently concerns the French judiciary. According to investigators, the mother of the child, aged 50, had kept her pregnancy and the existence of the secret Serena from her husband and other children for nearly two years while hiding the Child in the trunk of his car. You face 20 years of imprisonment.

The little girl was lying naked and dirty in a baby bag when she was discovered in October 2013. It was dry and feverish. The sight of the toddler had been "horrible", said the auto mechanic from southwestern France, Terrbadon, who found the child. "A little girl in her excrement who can not hold her head, white skin like marble and eyes that twist." The mechanic had discovered the child after the mother had brought her car to the shop.

After the discovery, both parents were temporarily detained and investigated. However, the lawsuits against the father have been dropped. There was no evidence that the father was aware of the child, this would have been said after the conclusion of the evidence.

Girl has permanent consequential damage

According to reports, Séréna, who will be seven years old at the end of November, suffers from "persistent" sequelae such as "a presumed irreversible autism". She now lives in a foster family. The trial in Tulle, a city in central France, is expected to last until 21 November.

The girl's parents now have three other children between the ages of 11 and 17. They went to school normally and never dropped, according to the authorities. After finding her little sister, they were placed temporarily in a foster home. Meanwhile, they are still living with their parents.

Source: n-tv.de