The mother is charged with hitting the child with inappropriate force. As a result, the girl has ended up in the Hospital for Children’s Diseases in Zagreb, where doctors are fighting for her life.
The mother has been remanded in custody because of the risk of obstructing the course of justice by interfering with witnesses. In contrast, the father has been remanded for the same reason, and because of the risk of repeating the crime, Soldo told the press.
The mother is charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm, while the father is charged with violating the child’s rights and neglecting and abusing all four of their children.
Investigators suspect that the girl was abused between November 2020 and 31 March 2021, while the other three children, who have been separated from their parents, are believed to have been abused for a longer time.
The couple, residents in Nova Gradiška, have been taken to a remand center in Požega, about 170 kilometers east of Zagreb.
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