Yvelines: she forced her daughter to eat roaches and spiders

She had been tormenting her 13-year-old daughter for years. A 46-year-old woman was sentenced by the Versailles Criminal Court on Wednesday night to 18 months in prison on probation for mistreating her four children, aged 9 to 14, for six years. alone in his apartment in Trappes. Especially the eldest, become her scapegoat.

Their ordeal only ended on July 10, when a man pushed the door of Trappes police station, to tell the story of this family, which circulated within the Tamil community. It was a woman who revealed it, very shocked by the scenes of violence and humiliation she had witnessed at the home of this abusive mother. She even took care to film some scenes where we see the forty-year kicking his daughter and photograph the bruises of the teenager.

Beaten, burned, the eldest had to eat on the floor

The police immediately intervene and the four children are placed with the social welfare for children. When interviewed, these two boys and two girls all say that they are regularly beaten. But the anger of the mother is more often oriented towards the eldest, who undergoes much more than blows.

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This frail girl is so stunted that she would only be 7 or 8 years old. In addition to hitting her with a ladle, a belt, and various objects, or burning her with a lighter, her mother deprived her of food. She forced her to eat on the floor in the kitchen while the rest of the family was at the table in the living room. "She forced him to eat cockroaches and spiders that swarmed in the house. The child was not allowed to leave his room without permission, "the other children told the investigators. She was not taking a shower, but had to clean the whole house and do the laundry. In the apartment, the police found no toys belonging to him.

A method to teach him to obey, according to his mother

During the investigation, the mother explained that she had implemented this series of sanctions against her daughter because she was "disobedient" and stole € 350. Thanks to this method, she had finally obeyed him, she congratulated herself.

But before the judges of the court, this little woman, visibly tense, recognizes the facts that are reproached to her. "I made a mistake," she says. I apologize… "

The abuse began when the father of the children left home … soon after his wife, accompanied by the eldest, filed a complaint against him for sexual assault on the child.

The children want to go back to her

The prosecutor had required four years in prison, two of which were closed, against this woman with a clean criminal record. The future of children is in the hands of a juvenile judge, in charge of educational assistance. Always placed, they would like to return to live with their mother, reported the expert psychiatrist who met them. Including the big sister, who suffers from headaches and great sadness. She is still afraid of her mother, but would still like to return to live with her.

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