- The 7-year-old girl went to the 1st grade exhausted and freezing, classmates separated from their snacks
- He shared that the man was beating him, but the school assumed that he might be exaggerating
- The mother and partner deny it, but the police found out the child in inhumane conditions
For more than a year, a 7-year-old girl lived in inhumane conditions in the Vratsa village of Krushovitsa, residents of the village reported to the child protection agency, the social assistance directorate and the prosecutor’s office.
He was allegedly forced to sleep in a former chicken coop on his stepfather’s property. It also received food there, huh
the mother did nothing to protect her daughter
The little girl was forced to live in a room adapted by her stepfather as a tire warehouse, in which there was no heating.
The child had a makeshift bed of planks placed on top of car tires and had only a blanket and his everyday clothes.
The girl said that in the annex she lived in the cold among mice and spiders, and her stepfather often beat her.
The chicken coop door was always locked.
The child attended the first grade of the village school, but often looked inadequate and exhausted, the locals noticed. At school, he complained that he was cold and hungry, and his classmates often took some of their snacks for him.
The head of the regional directorate for social assistance in Vratsa, Maria Tarnavska, said that it was not confirmed whether he lived for a year and a half in an outbuilding, but it was clear that it was indeed left unattended by his mother and her partner.
She personally got acquainted with the conditions in which the child lived and described them as appalling.
The little girl said that she rarely eats, and food was given to her through the window of the annex.
The school of the 7-year-old child submitted conflicting information to the Directorate of Social Assistance – the child said that he was beaten by his stepfather, but it was assumed that he could be exaggerating.
Social workers continue to investigate the situation with information from various sources.
The child protection agency is considering requesting the termination of the mother’s parental rights.
The head of the social directorate Maria Tarnavska talks about the case. After the intervention of the Vratsa directorate, the child was placed in a family of relatives. According to social workers, his condition is much better now.
The supervising prosecutor in the case, Veselin Todorov, announced that the 31-year-old stepfather of the girl, D. I., has already been brought in as a defendant and is currently in pre-trial detention in Vratsa.
If he is found guilty, he can be sentenced to 3 to 10 years in prison
Teams of specialists were formed.
An inspection of the private property in Krusovitsa was carried out, and a series of interviews were conducted with the injured child and witnesses.
According to the district prosecutor of Vratsa, Kamen Kamenov, the witnesses told details that were known to them, but insisted on anonymity, as they were afraid of the revenge of the aggressive man.
The family had another child, but he was raised in the house
and there are no reports of him being mistreated.
Kamenov added that the case is still in the initial stage and many circumstances surrounding the behavior of the stepfather and the mother are yet to be revealed.
The two denied during the interrogations that they raised him under the described harsh conditions, prosecutor Todorov explained at a briefing on Wednesday. During the police operation, however, after the report was filed, the girl was found in this warehouse for unnecessary items next to the house, freezing and hungry.
However, Todorov categorically refused to tell details about the behavior of the mother and the second man, so as not to interfere with the investigation that had begun.
2023-12-13 21:28:00
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