The mother of the three children who were found malnourished living in a house full of cockroaches and rats in Agios Panteleimon went to jail. The 30-year-old woman and her partner, who has already been remanded in custody, received the maximum sentences and were given no mitigating circumstances.
The woman was sentenced to eight years in prison without parole on charges of child endangerment and simple bodily harm. In fact, when asked by police officers about the living conditions of her children, she told them that she told the three minors that cockroaches were butterflies!
It should be noted that custody of the three children was given to their father, who had been trying to have contact with them since last year, with the mother forbidding him to do so.
After neighbours were mobilised, the father managed to report the incident[/B] to the authorities who entered the house and found the three children, aged 2, 3 and 6, in a deplorable state.
To this day, the children are still being treated at the Children's Hospital as they bear bites from mice and insects. Their father, who is a sailor, burst into tears when he learned that he had taken custody of them.
It is worth noting that even the president of the court "buckled" at the horror the three children were experiencing as she asked that the videos and images be stopped during the hearing. "I can't take it anymore, stop it!" exclaimed the president of the court, according to Alpha.
Source: Proto Thema
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