The nine-year-old child lived alone in a cold flat in southwest France for two years after his mother abandoned him to live with her lover. The small child was left to live alone in an apartment in Angoulême, Nersac, France when his mother moved three miles away. The mother, 39, was given a six-month jail sentence last week for endangering her child. The boy’s father, who resides in a separate town, was not prosecuted.
Between 2020 and 2022, the abandoned child had periods without heat, hot water, or power.
He got by by washing in cold water and using sleeping bags and blankets for warmth. To live, he resorted to gathering tomatoes from a neighboring balcony and going door-to-door, asking neighbors for food. Concerned neighbors ultimately contacted law enforcement, and the child was taken into protective care.
The child was neglected and lived in isolation, but no one was aware of it as he attended school. in part because he completed his assignments, maintained a clean room, and received high grades. The town’s mayor, Barbara Couturier, explained that the child seemed to put on a shield. giving the appearance that everything was well. She went on, “I think he shielded himself with assurance that everything was OK.”
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