A 21-year-old mother and her 24-year-old partner have been charged and jailed for torturing her four-year-old son.

The boy's mother and stepfather have admitted to having locked him up "sometimes

for several days

depriving him of water and food, and then having tied his neck to the bed with a chain and a padlock," prosecutor Joël Garrigue said in a statement. of press.

The four-and-a-half-year-old boy has also been subjected "to repeated acts of violence and physical punishment since September 2021," according to the same source.

The minor was

harassed, beaten and slapped

before being locked in his room, without food or water and unable to go to the bathroom.

The facts were discovered last Monday, January 17, as a result of the little boy showing discomfort at school, for which he was admitted to the hospital in Bourges (France).

It was then that the hospital's medical examiner discovered "traumatic injuries", "bruises to the limbs and back", as well as a "scalp wound".

In addition, given his "very thin state", he was sent to the Social Assistance services for Children, with his one-year-old little sister, "who does not seem to have suffered violence", according to the prosecution.

The investigation is being carried out by the gendarmerie of Saint-Armand-Montrond (Cher), 40 km south of Bourges, the prosecution also indicated, which opened a judicial investigation for "deprivation of care or food", "violence on a minor" and "torture or barbaric act on a minor".

The mother's companion faces a sentence of 30 years in prison for the crimes he is accused of.

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