French man charged with locking son in van for more than a year
The boy was found malnourished, naked, lying next to human excrement and unable to walk, the prosecutor said.
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The boy was found malnourished, naked, lying next to human excrement and unable to walk, the prosecutor said.
A French father has been charged after confining his nine-year-old son to a van for over a year, where the child was found malnourished and unable to walk.
A French father has been charged after police found his nine-year-old son confined to a van for more than a year, malnourished and unable to walk.
A nine-year-old boy was found naked and malnourished in a van near the border with Switzerland in the French region of Alsace. His father had kept him there for over a year.
A man in eastern France has been charged with keeping his nine-year-old son locked in a van for more than a year. The boy was found malnourished and unable to walk.
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