French man charged with locking son in van for more than a year
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In Hagenbach, France, a 43-year-old man has been charged with locking his nine-year-old son in a van since November 2024. The boy was discovered by neighbors, malnourished and unable to walk, lying in squalor inside the van parked near the family's apartment building. The father claims he hid the boy to protect him from his partner, who he said wanted to place the child in psychiatric care. The father is charged with "sequestration and arbitrary detention of a minor," while the boy's mother faces charges of "non-assistance to a minor in danger." The boy and his two sisters have been placed in temporary care.
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AI-ExtractedHis partner has been charged with "non-assistance to a minor in danger" and "non-denunciation of mistreatment of a minor."
The father has been charged with the "sequestration and arbitrary detention of a minor" as well as depriving him of proper food and medical care.
The 43-year-old father said he kept the boy in the van since November 2024 to protect him from his 37-year-old partner.
The boy was found lying naked under a blanket, on a pile of rubbish near human excrement, malnourished and unable to walk.
A man in eastern France has been charged with keeping his nine-year-old son locked in a van for more than a year.
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