Mum kept baby hidden in drawer for nearly 3 years !!

[benjaminjamesandgraham]

Even Christmas day she was kept in a drawer - oh how can someone be so cruel
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gz1dv8ly2o

Absolutely heartbreaking

Oh dear God, what have I just read? She had other children too 😢

Only 7 years?!! I know there'll be legal reasons for this but come on that's appalling.
Hope all the children are removed, absolutely horrendous.

Oh that is horrific. It's reduced me to tears actually. That poor poor child.

I literally just watched that on the bbc with my mouth agape.

I cannot stop thinking about her start in life - fed on weetabix and wotsits. Just thank goodness she was found. Utterly heartbreaking

Absolutely awful.

Me too, the most stunningly heartbreaking thing I've seen in a long while.

I really wish I hadn’t read that

Thank god someone happened to call by and hear the child cry otherwise the poor thing would have died, it's unbelievable isn't it.

Heartbreaking… Her partner didn’t know and he stayed around the house - how? And the comment about the child not being part of the family, but the other children being cared for well. 💔

Thank goodness she was found and at 3 hopefully she won’t remember it but from the developmental side of things she’ll probably never catch up. But at least she’s safe now.

Only 7 years and that poor child will be affected for the rest of her life, the first 3 years are absolutely crucial in shaping life as we know it, this is just heartbreaking

That terrible mother and that poor child to find out that your own mother had no love or care for you for your first years of your life and that the bonds you should have for siblings now are torn. I pray for her for love and acceptance in her life

It's awful. She was the size of a 7mo baby when found. It just beggars belief. Imagine being the visitor who discovered her too.

@Emelene

Wasn't it the boyfriend who found her? He heard noises.

Sometimes, little kids stop crying or making much noise when they know that no one is coming 😔

Poor siblings too. How can they ever reconcile the mother they loved with this.

God, that might be the worst thing I've ever read.

Absolutely heartbreaking! That poor, poor girl. I hope she's being well cared for now. Why are some people so cruel 😞

Just saw it on bbc news. She couldn’t crawl, she couldn’t walk, she couldn’t talk :( so heartbreaking how can someone be so cruel.

I hope she is being protected, researchers could have a great time with her and some will be wanting to conduct experiments.

Reminds me of the Genie Wiley case.

Omg just read this on itv:

The woman's partner told police on one occasion, on Christmas Eve, the mother and the other children went to his parent's house in the early morning, not leaving until the evening of Christmas Day - leaving Child A alone the entire time.

It was the mother’s partner who found her when by chance he returned to the house to use the bathroom as he wasn’t feeling well and found the poor child crying on the bed.

Poor poor little girl

I can't comprehend it

So many unanswered questions

WTF have I just read?

I just can't comprehend how anyone could do this. That poor, poor child.