Cindy, a 22-year-old woman was placed under arrest warrant in Mechelen for manslaughter after the death of one of her two children, a two-year-old boy, we learned on Sunday from a source close to the case . The young woman was heard by an examining magistrate, but she denies any ill-treatment.
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The young woman discovered, during the week, her unconscious son in his room in his home on the Nieuwedijkstraat. She called for help, who tried to resuscitate the child, but to no avail.
According to a judicial source, which confirmed press information, the child showed symptoms of dehydration. He would have stayed too long in his bed, in an overheated room. This Monday, The newspapaer stated that the child was also, it seems, undernourished.
Cindy will appear before the council chamber on Tuesday.
“She never wanted that”
The grandmother of the little victim, and therefore Cindy’s mother, testifies to our Flemish colleagues: “My daughter in prison, I don’t understand that. She never wanted that. Her sons are everything to her. They have enough to eat and drink. The youngest ate all day, even stealing food from his older brother’s plate. This boy lacked nothing. Cindy loved him a lot, she did everything for that ”.
It calls into question the scorching temperatures that have affected our country in recent days. “It’s very hot in this apartment. Now that the heat wave is over, it’s still over thirty degrees in there, ”she laments.
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