Eslöv municipality after suspicion of poisoned girl: "Have we acted correctly?"

When the girl came to Lund Hospital during the Christmas holidays in 2022, she had life-threatening injuries after ingesting vinegar alcohol. According to the hospital, she appeared to be neglected. She had a severe cold, bruises on her body and serious injuries that her parents had not sought care for, according to documents obtained by SVT.

The girl, who had to have her stomach removed, according to Sydsvenskan, which was the first to tell about the case.

Denies any wrongdoing

The girl's parents, a man in his 40s and a woman in her 30s, are in custody on suspicion of extremely aggravated assault of the girl. They are also suspected of keeping the girl locked in the home. Both parents deny any wrongdoing.

They believe that the girl accidentally ingested the vinegar, which was placed on the dryer to remove bad odors. They have also said that the girl has extensive care needs and has no barrier when it comes to eating and drinking things. But nothing in the investigation supports the parents' explanation, according to documents obtained by SVT.

– It is an ongoing complex preliminary investigation where we do not yet know where we will land. We are doing everything to try to find out what happened, writes prosecutor Ingegerd Jigin to SVT in an email.

Care

According to the Administrative Court, the family became a case for social services in September 2022 after complaints of concern were received.

But it was only after the incident last Christmas that the girl and her siblings were taken into custody. According to Jörgen Larsson, head of administration in Eslöv, the municipality is now looking into the matter to see if there have been shortcomings.

The girl is in preschool class but had barely been present at school.

The Administrative Court found that the parents allegedly sought emergency relief for the 7-year-old just the month before she was admitted to hospital.

"We are now following up what has happened and looking at whether we have done the right thing, both at school, student health and social services," says Jörgen Larsson.