A woman surnamed Wen from Taoyuan City married her son who was born to her ex-boyfriend, but she said that seeing her son would remind her of her ex, causing her son to eat poorly and suffer from severe malnutrition, and seeing her son fall down, she did not take active actions and resulted in death. Sentenced to 3 years and 8 months in prison by the Taoyuan District Court for the crime of obstructing the development of young children and negligent death.

(Photo by reporter Yu Ruiren)

[Reporter Yu Ruiren/Taoyuan Report] A woman surnamed Wen in Taoyuan City married a man surnamed Zhou in 2019 and lived with a son born to her ex-boyfriend, but she refused to feed her son, causing her son to be severely malnourished, skinny, and Seeing her son fall from a height and having difficulty breathing, she did not take any positive action, which led to a tragedy of death. During the trial in Taoyuan District Court, Ms. Wen claimed that her family was poor so she could not provide enough nutrition for the child, and admitted that her son fell and died due to negligent care. The judge sentenced Wen Wen to 3 years and 8 months in prison for the crime of obstructing the development of young children and negligent death, and Zhou Nan was sentenced to 2 years in prison for the crime of obstructing the development of young children.

Appealable.

According to the investigation by the police, Wen Wen gave birth to a son while dating her ex-boyfriend in July 2017. She broke up with Zhou Nan shortly after, and gave birth to Zhou Nan's daughter in August 2019, and married Zhou Nan the next month.

The family of 4 Wen women lived in a rented house in Bade. The 2 young children were taken care of by Wen women. In November 2021, her son fell from the sofa and was sent to the hospital. Shi said that because he would think of his ex-boyfriend when he saw his son, and let his son eat less, the case was exposed.

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During the court hearing, Ms. Wen confessed that her negligence caused her son to fall off the sofa and die, but she denied the abusive behavior of not feeding her son, arguing that her son’s dysplasia was due to his poor family background, so he could not give him enough nutrition; Zhou Nan claimed that he had adopted Wen The daughter's plan also admits that she has not fulfilled her father's responsibilities, but presumes that it is mainly Wen Nu who takes care of the children.

According to the judge's investigation, Wen's daughter has a thin body and a large head, which is different from the general body shape caused by a partial eclipse with thin limbs and a large abdomen. After forensic autopsy and identification, it was confirmed that she had long-term malnutrition; The four of them often can’t get enough to eat, but Wen Nv and Zhou Nan have the same body shape as ordinary people, and the daughter born to the two is also developing normally. When Wen Nv police interrogated, she once said, “When I see my son, I think of my ex-boyfriend, so I give him food. There are relatively few of them”, affirming that his child’s malnutrition is the result of differential treatment.

The court held that Wen Nv's abuse of her son had caused irreparable consequences. After committing the crime, she pretended to be sophistry.

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