2023-10-06 18:30:00
The three eldest of the five children reported being deprived of food, received beatings and also reported sexual misconduct. “The police, who intervened on the spot, depicted an indescribable mess. A sticky floor, cat excrement everywhere, flies, waste in a state of decomposition,” noted the prosecution.
If the parents, aged around thirty, admitted that their apartment in Verviers was “not very clean”, they contested the other prejudices.
In their hearing, the children explained that they only ate once a day and received moldy bread that had been lying on the ground for every meal. They also report beatings received. Indications corroborated by witnesses, such as their host family, and a medical certificate.
“The children also describe, with precision, scenes of hard drug consumption. They give practical details but also the smells of the products, which they cannot invent,” insisted the public prosecutor. The children would also have witnessed their parents’ sexual antics.
The defense contests these accusations and requested acquittal or, in the alternative, a suspended probationary period.
Two years in prison were requested against the parents. The court will deliver its judgment on November 3.
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