Children left home alone in Murcia after parents leave the country
Children left home alone in Murcia after parents leave the country
SOCIAL services in Murcia have launched an inquiry after a couple went off to China leaving their 15-year-old son and his sister, eight, home alone.
Teachers at the little girl's school alerted authorities when they saw the child had not washed, was wearing dirty clothes which were wrong for the time of year, had headlice and had even cut her own hair.
When social workers went to the child's home, they found the property full of rubbish, with rotting remains of food scattered everywhere and dried excrement in the bath.
The boy was found not to have been going to school, and he explained his parents had gone to their native China a month before and left him to care for his little sister.
Both youngsters were taken into care and legal action is being taken against the parents.
