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29 March 2024

Mum imprisons, starves 8-year-old as she cooks up storm for partner

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A 24-year-old mother was charged with starving her eight-year-old son and treating him in an inhumane way as she was too busy tending to her live-in partner.

The woman used to shove plates of food to her son from underneath the bedroom door which left the boy just days away from death.

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The boy who lived in Adelaide was left in his room in soiled diapers as he was not even toilet trained. The child could barely communicate as he didn't even know how to speak properly.

The mother left the child malnutritioned and, he wighed just 8.3kgs, while she cooked delicacies for her boyfriend and uploaded the images on social networking sites, reports Daily Mail.

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The woman called in the cops only when her boyfriend started abusing the child physically. When the police took the boy away, medical examination showed that the boy's dehydration level was at 10%, which was just five per cent away critical level.

The Adelaide court heard other horrific details from the foster parents who have been taking care of the boy ever since he was rescued from his mother's home. The boy apparently still hides food in his pockets and hates doors being closed, the UK daily said.

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He had not come out of his room for six months after being rescued. He is still battling a lot of emotional scars and sometimes cannot control his emotions, even to the extent of punching himself in the head or running into walls.

A normal childhood is almost an alien concept for him, the court was told.