Investigation launched after a baby was found living in car boot in France

Hownowcow · 29-10-2013 09:23AM #1

http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/1028/483155-france-baby-boot/

I thought that I had become inured to the way people treat other people. The levels of inhumanity to which people will stoop are something that I have gotten used to from reading history and current affairs. However this article got to me. How could anyone treat a child in this manner.

There are people in this world who would dearly love to have a child and cannot. They would do without just so that child could have a better life. Yet in this case apparently the parents of the child, the people who should be most concerned about her welfare, treated her appallingly.

The poor little mite.

29-10-2013 09:32AM

:(:(

Gee_G · 29-10-2013 09:35AM

What the **** is wrong with these people?? He should be castrated and she should be sterilized(is that what you call it) because they should never ever be allowed to be near kids again, never mind have any! Sick!

Rubberchikken · 29-10-2013 09:37AM

saw the article in the paper. very strange.
he denies knowing about the child. just when i think nothing more will surprise me along comes something.
will be interesting to learn more as the news comes out.

Conall Cernach · 29-10-2013 09:59AM

If you had knowingly locked a child in the boot of your car why would you then take the car to a garage? These people are obviously insane.

ruthloss · 29-10-2013 10:03AM

bluewolf wrote: »

:(:(

I know, me too.:(

quad_red · 29-10-2013 10:08AM

The mechanic who found the girl, Guillaume Iguacel, told AFP on Monday that he was still reeling from the discovery.

"I'm still having trouble sleeping, it was a horrifying sight, seeing this little girl in her own excrement, not able to hold up her head, white as a sheet," he said.

It's really unnerved me. Keep thinking of that scene in the movie Seven where the guy is chained to the bed.

It's just unfathomably cruel and horrific. WTF?

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/10/france-shock-after-baby-found-car-boot-2013102933837464436.html

29-10-2013 10:14AM

I saw a clip of it on the news last night. The poor guy who found her was distraught. He said he has never seen such "horror".

It is one of the most horrific stories I've heard in a while, I just cannot comprehend something like this. It almost doesn't seem as though it can be real. The poor little thing. What could a child ever do to deserve any sort of abuse, let alone something like this.

Matt_Trakker · 29-10-2013 10:18AM

Sounds like the premise to a baddie in a superhero movie.
"Shunned by a society that didn't care, superbaby lived out her early days in a car boot vowing to take revenge against.....etc etc."

29-10-2013 10:22AM

Matt_Trakker wrote: »

Sounds like the premise to a baddie in a superhero movie.
"Shunned by a society that didn't care, superbaby lived out her early days in a car boot vowing to take revenge against.....etc etc."

I didn't realise there was a funny side to child abuse.

Augmerson · 29-10-2013 10:35AM

Deleted User wrote: »

I didn't realise there was a funny side to child abuse.

Welcome to AH : /

anncoates · 29-10-2013 10:39AM

Jaysus

Laois_Man · 29-10-2013 10:55AM

10 YEARS IN PRISON???

Should be at least 10 years living in the boot of a car!!!!

29-10-2013 11:00AM

Augmerson wrote: »

Welcome to AH : /

Don't judge an entire forum and its posters by a small few.

mitosis · 29-10-2013 11:04AM

Would the father have given over the car for repair to a mechanic if he knew the child existed or was in it? I don't think so. I expect he will be exonerated.

lazygal · 29-10-2013 11:58AM

Deleted User wrote: »

I saw a clip of it on the news last night. The poor guy who found her was distraught. He said he has never seen such "horror".

It is one of the most horrific stories I've heard in a while, I just cannot comprehend something like this. It almost doesn't seem as though it can be real. The poor little thing. What could a child ever do to deserve any sort of abuse, let alone something like this.

Apparently the man who found the child has a baby on the way. He said he can't sleep.

I've two children and I actually can't get the image of a child being kept confined like that out of my head. If you don't want the child, give it to someone who does.

Matt_Trakker · 29-10-2013 01:11PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I didn't realise there was a funny side to child abuse.

You should probably never ever ever go to Sikipedia so.
Or Bt3a, or a live stand up comedy show involving Tommy Tiernan, Louis CK, Frankie Boyle etc., or watch South Park.

Grandeeod · 29-10-2013 01:15PM

I have to say that one of the things that helps me be a good parent is reading about bad parents.

29-10-2013 01:20PM

Matt_Trakker wrote: »

You should probably never ever ever go to Sikipedia so.
Or Bt3a, or a live stand up comedy show involving Tommy Tiernan, Louis CK, Frankie Boyle etc., or watch South Park.

I've done all those things (apart from Louis CK).

Time and place dude. This is not the time, and this thread is not the place.

seenitall · 29-10-2013 01:22PM

Grandeeod wrote: »

I have to say that one of the things that helps me be a good parent is reading about bad parents.

This is a whole different stratosphere to 'bad parents'. I am a bad parent sometimes. But reading this item just made me so heartbroken. I really, really wish I hadn't.

Fighting Irish · 29-10-2013 03:05PM

Hownowcow wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/1028/483155-france-baby-boot/

I thought that I had become inured to the way people treat other people. The levels of inhumanity to which people will stoop are something that I have gotten used to from reading history and current affairs. However this article got to me. How could anyone treat a child in this manner.

There are people in this world who would dearly love to have a child and cannot. They would do without just so that child could have a better life. Yet in this case apparently the parents of the child, the people who should be most concerned about her welfare, treated her appallingly.

The poor little mite.

happens all the time

Menas · 29-10-2013 03:09PM

Jesus, that is just terrible.

I felt guilty for giving my 3 year old cheerios instead of cornflakes this morning....how someone could do this to a child that needs care and nurturing is way beyond me.

Hopefully the kid will get the care they need now and will catch up on their normal developmental process.

Sniipe · 29-10-2013 06:25PM

Gosh this really affects me (father of 2). It enrages me (to the point of whitening knuckles) to think that something like this is possible. I can only guess that the mother (or anyone who was involved) is mentally sick.

Children are so innocent and defenceless. Some parts of society are cruel/sick. Mix the two together and you get the likes of this, or that Chinese girl who was knocked over and left for dead, or that Chinese boy who's eyes were gouged out, or that baby that was beaten by his mother - unfortunately the list goes on. I'd prefer not to hear about these things, but at the same time its good for society to hear about these acts of madness. We probably only hear about a small portion and many more (kids) suffer??

Grayson · 29-10-2013 06:42PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Don't judge an entire forum and its posters by a small few.

what are ya saying? that's the AH way

Femme_Fatale · 29-10-2013 10:10PM

Matt_Trakker wrote: »

You should probably never ever ever go to Sikipedia so.
Or Bt3a, or a live stand up comedy show involving Tommy Tiernan, Louis CK, Frankie Boyle etc., or watch South Park.

Anyone who singles out a particular incident of child abuse for "humour" purposes is just a nerd trying to feel bad-ass. They know it's not funny, they're just being shocking for shocking's sake.
Taking the piss out of paedophiles or the public/media hysterical reaction to child abuse is fair game and can be very sharp observational humour with a point to it, but just using a specific child abuse victim for the purpose of a "joke" has no wit whatsoever.

wexie · 29-10-2013 10:14PM

Trigger Happy wrote: »

I felt guilty for giving my 3 year old cheerios instead of cornflakes this morning....

If there's one thing I learned in the past few years it's that ya gotta picks your battles when it comes to 3 yr olds

wexie · 29-10-2013 10:18PM

Sniipe wrote: »

Gosh this really affects me (father of 2). It enrages me (to the point of whitening knuckles) to think that something like this is possible. I can only guess hope that the mother (or anyone who was involved) is mentally sick.

For me, I can only hope that it is a mental illness, deficiency. However there's part of me that thinks there are people out there that are just bad, lack a certain empathy or whatever. Could be that she had an affair and the child was a result and therefore she didn't want her husband to know etc. etc.

I think mental illness would be a lot easier to swallow than the knowledge there are people out there that are just that evil.

wexie · 29-10-2013 10:19PM

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Anyone who singles out a particular incident of child abuse for "humour" purposes is just a nerd trying to feel bad-ass. They know it's not funny, they're just being shocking for shocking's sake.

Personally I think shock humour is never really funny and most often quite vulgar. I much prefer clever humour without any need for cursing, shock value etc.

handlemaster · 29-10-2013 10:22PM

Just very sick thing to do. Something seriously wrong

Vito Corleone · 29-10-2013 10:26PM

It's a horrible incident, but I found the joke amusing I have to say. It had a truth to it that was funny. Maybe I'm just a terrible person? :pac:

Femme_Fatale · 29-10-2013 10:28PM

Vito Corleone wrote: »

It's a horrible incident, but I found the joke amusing I have to say. It had a truth to it that was funny. Maybe I'm just a terrible person? :pac:

It's not the nastiest of those kinda jokes I guess.

Saw something recently which was someone's impression of how "Maddie" would look now. And it was a bruised, bloodied girl-like doll. And it was received as a joke, because it makes people who say they find such a thing funny feel real cool. Something along those lines was more what I was thinking about.

Investigation launched after a baby was found living in car boot in France

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