Heavily battered baby back to parents for lack of evidence

Gepubliceerd op 2 maart 2016 om 10:40

There was reasonable doubt as to who the serious injuries inflicted old baby exactly at their two months, and so his father (24) and mother (26) from West Flanders Wielsbeke acquitted by the court in Kortrijk.

media_xll_8451376-1.jpgThe girl lives no with her ​​parents again.

Beginning in January 2014 drew a pediatrician at the hospital in Waregem sounded the alarm, after a two-month old baby was brought clingstone slijmpjes. There was much more to it. The girl showed recent and older fractures, including a skull fracture, fractures to both lower legs and six broken ribs. Earlier, there were during checks made ​​by Child & Family thrice comments about a swollen jaw and bruises in the form of fingerprints.

Because the baby almost exclusively stayed with the parents, they were soon under suspicion. The prosecutor demanded for both the father - which he described as an aggressive man - like the mother an effective prison sentence of one year. But the criminal court both parents spoke yesterday surprisingly free because it could not be proved who had abused the child. "And without proof once you can not condemn anyone now," said the Kortrijk press court.

Reassuringly, this acquittal is not. The toddler, who is now 27 months old, lives five days out of seven with her ​​parents. Her dad was still convicted in 2013 for the rape of an underage girl.

Source: http://www.hln.be/ by LIEVEN SAMYN AND ANNICK Grobben Photo: VRT

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