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French man charged with keeping nine-year-old son locked in van since 2024
Police rescued boy after neighbour reported sounds of a child coming from vehicle in Hagenbach in eastern France
TL;DR
- A nine-year-old boy was rescued after being locked in his father's van in eastern France since November 2024.
- The child was found malnourished, naked, and in a foetal position, unable to walk.
- The father claimed he was protecting the boy from his partner, who wanted him in psychiatric care.
- The father faces charges of sequestration, arbitrary detention, and deprivation of food and medical care.
- The partner faces charges of non-assistance to a minor and non-denunciation of mistreatment.
- The three siblings have been placed in temporary care.