The court of Valenciennes (North) issued, on 6 October, a warrant for the arrest and one year of imprisonment against a mother, who had abandoned her son in Vieux-Condé, a suburb of Valenciennes, for going on vacation for 15 days. with his new partner.
According to information from the voice of the northaccused of neglecting a child, the mother of the family did not come to the hearing on 6 October.
Also according to the newspaper, the mother of six children, including three older daughters now adult, had entrusted the custody of her eight-year-old twins to her father … convicted of possession of child pornography images.
Neither gas nor light
Jordan, 13, was left alone at home. It was his older sisters who discovered it, by chance, alone at home on December 22, 2021, during the Christmas holidays. Without a penny. Aside from the vacuum packed slices of ham and some compotes, the refrigerator was empty. “There were some cans, but no gas to heat them,” the president said.
The mother had cut off the power, turning off the underfloor heating where her bedroom was. Her unconscious was not her first attempt. She would have left Jordan alone for a month in the past.
The child would suffer from anxiety disorders with “suicide risk”. Since then, Jordan and the twins have been placed in foster care. Their mother, who had a clean criminal record, was sentenced to one year in prison.
