After the complaint of the eldest of a sibling against his father, the police discovered children tied up in deplorable conditions, in particular of hygiene.
Ten children and as many potential victims. On Tuesday August 30 in the morning, police intervened in a dwelling in Noyelles-sous-Lens, in Pas-de-Calais, reports The voice of the North. In question, the complaint filed by the eldest of a sibling who would then have triggered a police investigation. The young man, aged 24, had an altercation with his father who then fired. He thus decides to denounce to the police what he and his brothers and sisters would have suffered.
When they arrived at the scene, the police discovered two children sleeping tied to a high chair. One is 2 years old and the other is 5 years old, their diapers are filled with urine and fecesrelays The Parisian, and the youngest has significant motor and speech delays. In all, ten children make up this sibling and would have been victims of repeated violence. The 44-year-old father and 40-year-old mother both were taken into custody.
A breach of legal obligations
Faced with the police, the parents admitted the facts of which they are accused. Presented to the Béthune judicial court, they were placed under judicial control pending their judgment. They should be judged for “violence of minors by ascending and evasion of legal obligations” and risk two years in prison and a €30,000 fine. During their hearings, they would have explained that the goal of tying up the children was to prevent them “to do stupid things”reports The future of Artois. A placement order was issued for each of the couple’s minor children who had to be washed before being placed, details The voice of the North.