Parents avoid prosecution for child abuse - this is how the social services are acting now

- The child is placed as far as I know.

It is the social services in Kalmar you can ask further questions to, says prosecutor Linda Canéus to SVT.

That after the decision to close the preliminary investigation against the two parents who were suspected of extremely serious abuse of their newborn child.

Due to confidentiality reasons, the social director Camillla Freedeke in Kalmar cannot answer whether the child has been taken into care or not - but generally answers how the social services act in this type of case.

- We assess children's need for protection, regardless of outcome (in the legal process), she tells SVT.

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