วันจันทร์ที่ 21 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2554

Parents of children found walking on motorway avoid jail

admitted charges of cruelty, after two year old girl and four were rescued from A38 junction in Birmingham

A couple whose two young children were found wandering on a busy road in Birmingham during the morning peak hours were spared prison.

The two year old daughter and a four-year term that can not be identified for legal reasons, were found trying to cross the A38 in the city earlier this year. The eldest son was barefoot and dirty clothes down.

parents of the children - who are in their 20 years - were sentenced after admitting charges of child cruelty

Birmingham Crown Court heard that CCTV showed a driver - Linda Young -. Pull forward and move children to safety

police then visited the maternal grandmother of the child flat, where he remained all night. His parents were asleep and did not realize that the children had disappeared.

parents pleaded guilty to two charges of cruelty to children Birmingham Crown Court at a previous hearing.

Madhu Rai, prosecuting, told the court the boy was barefoot, while her sister was wearing an all-in-a pink dress.

When officers searched the room of children were found on the floor with a knife, half-eaten food and a bag that contained raw meat on a bed with a bottle of liquid paracetamol.

"In the room, they found bags of empty cans of butane gas and loose boxes," said Rai.

The father was sentenced to 18 weeks suspended for 12 months while the mother was given a community order of 18 months.

"When the police arrived at, which were still asleep."

The court heard how the children trying to cross the A38, just before 9:00 p.m. on March 27 and were close to the car.

Young said he stopped after he had been surprised by the young were the children and the fact that there was no adult with them.


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