Swedish parents jailed for almost starving vegan toddler to death
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Judge Per Nordén said that while the parents “did not intentionally harm their daughter”, doctors found her condition was caused by “prolonged starvation”. It read: “According to their ideological belief that the daughter was a citizen of the world, her parents did not even report the birth to any authority, have her checked at a paediatric centre, or even weigh or measure her growth.” Independent Minds Q&A session on the Middle East, Trump, Syria and Isis The court added that the child had also never been examined by a doctor or vaccinated. The court’s judgment on Thursday morning, seen by The Local, ruled that the parents’ “serious negligence had put their daughter in a life-threatening situation”.
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