The police went into action against a flat in Bergen on 7 August last year. There they found a seven-year-old boy, tied to a bed. His father, a man in his early 30s, is now charged with gross abuse of his son. According to the indictment, the injuries could have been life-threatening for the boy, if he had not been found and given medical treatment. – The case concerns a very gross and serious mistreatment of a seven-year-old boy, over a period of two to three weeks, says state attorney Jan-Inge Wensell Raanes to news. The boy had injuries corresponding to third-degree burns, several rib fractures and damage to internal organs. news has been in contact with his defense lawyer, Ahmad Taha. He says that they have no comment on the debt issue. The child welfare scandal in Bergen Saka led last year to the State Administrator in Vestland presenting an inspection report against child welfare. In this, it emerged that the father himself asked the child protection service for help in the case, around a month before the boy was found injured. Together with another serious child protection case, the inspection report led to a motion of no confidence against the city council in Bergen. The city council chose to resign as a result of the child welfare scandal that was uncovered. The boy moved to Norway shortly before the abuse State Attorney Raanes tells news that the father took the son to Norway, but that they had not actually had any relationship before this. – The boy came to Norway at the end of June 2022, and the police entered this apartment on 7 August 2022. There is a sequence of events of about five weeks, he says. The defense attorney for the victim, May-Britt Løvik, says they will not provide any information at this time about how the boy is doing now. – He is taken care of by the public in the way they think is best, she says. Can be detained The man is also charged with threats and violence against a woman, violence against a prison officer, threats against a prison guard and a psychologist, and minor drug offences. The defendant is in custody in Bergen prison. The public prosecutors in Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane believe the case will come before the court around Christmas time. In the indictment, the public prosecutor announces that he may request that the man be sentenced to custody.
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Father indicted for serious abuse – news Vestland
