The Swedish authorities announced Tuesday, December 1 the arrest of a septuagenarian mother, suspected of having locked up for 28 years her son, discovered according to several media in their apartment in the suburbs of Stockholm with infected wounds, malnourished and having lost almost all of his teeth.
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“
The mother is suspected of unlawful deprivation of liberty and of causing physical injury
,” said police spokesman Ola Österling.
The 41-year-old son "
has been locked up for a very long time
" in the family apartment in Haninge, a suburb of Stockholm, he said.
According to the Expressen and Aftonbladet dailies, his mother kept him locked up for 28 years, after taking him out of school when he was 12.
"
The alert was given by a member of the family after seeing the son,
" the prosecution confirmed in a statement.
According to Swedish media, the man had infected wounds on his legs, could barely walk or speak, and had virtually no teeth.
Police did not confirm these details, but said the son had been hospitalized.
“
There was urine, dirt and dust.
It smelled musty (...) No one has been able to do the housework for years,
”according to the member of the family who discovered it, quoted anonymously by Expressen.
Lots of rubbish barely made it possible to sneak into the apartment, she said.
“
I am shocked, disgusted, but at the same time relieved.
I have been waiting for this day for 20 years because I realized that she was completely in control of her life, but I never imagined this magnitude,
”she said.
"
I'm just grateful that he got help and that he's going to survive,
" said the loved one.
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