A baby with a diaper. Drawing. - LOIC VENANCE / AFP

A young couple from Charvieu-Chavagneux (Isère) was indicted for violence against their three-month-old baby, we learned from a judicial source on Sunday. The two parents, whose profile has not been specified, have been placed under judicial supervision, said the public prosecutor of Vienna Audrey Quey, confirming an information of Dauphiné Libéré .

According to the regional daily, they were arrested Wednesday and brought to the prosecution Friday after their police custody. They are prosecuted for "violence against a 15 year old minor resulting in an ITT of more than eight days per ascendant".

A report made by the hospital

It is a report made by the Woman-Mother-Child hospital of Bron, near Lyon, which is at the origin of the investigation, specifies the newspaper still. The two parents, aged 20, are said to have taken their daughter to the emergency room several days ago, after having contested that one of her legs had swollen. Several hematomas and fractures were reported by medical personnel during the examination of the infant.

While in police custody, the mother would have recognized "awkward" gestures, especially during diaper changes of the child who would have been placed in a nursery. The investigations must continue on commission, including medical expertise, according to the same source.

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