Mother Jailed for Keeping Baby in Drawer for Three Years
A mother in Cheshire was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for extreme child neglect after keeping her three-year-old daughter hidden in a drawer for most of her life. The child, who suffered severe malnutrition and developmental issues, was discovered only when a visitor heard her crying. The court heard the child had never experienced daylight or fresh air and was fed through a syringe. This horrific case, described by the judge as one of the worst he’d seen in his career, has resulted in the child being placed in foster care.
John Q. Hosedrinker