Mother suspected of torturing 8-year old son detained

A 30-year old woman from the town of Kurim has been taken into custody after a neighbour discovered by accident she had tortured her 8-year old son for months. The boy, who was found naked with his arms and legs bound with adhesive tape, has been placed in a children's home, along with his 10-year-old brother and 13-year old sister. The case only came to light by chance when a neighbour's domestic camera picked up images from a similar device used by the mother to keep tabs on her imprisoned son. Police said the boy, found in a state of dehydration, was shut up for days at a time as a punishment for the most banal naughtiness. His divorced mother, a student of pedagogy, deprived him of regular food and contact with other children and because of his hearing problems kept his way from school, maintaining that she taught him herself, the police said. The mother could face a jail sentence of up to eight years.