Parents let young ballerina almost starve to death: Court pronounces judgment, girl (17) has special request

Brisbane (Australia) - They pretended to be caring parents, but behind the facade they deliberately made their daughter (17) ill - now a couple from Australia has to go to prison!

The girl (17) was suppressed in her mental as well as in her physical maturation process.
The girl (17) was suppressed in her mental as well as in her physical maturation process.  © Screenshot: Western Australia District Court

As CNN reports, the girl was emaciated to the bone when she was finally hospitalized for malnutrition.

Only then did the years of martyrdom come to light, in which the parents did everything they could to prevent their daughter from growing up.

They suppressed both her mental and physical maturation - apparently to promote her career as a ballerina.

Now they have had toanswerfor this in court.

Abused daughter asks court to drop case

The court decided that the father would be sentenced to six and a half years and the mother to five years. (symbolic image)
The court decided that the father would be sentenced to six and a half years and the mother to five years. (symbolic image)  © 123RF/stockstudio44

During the trial, the daughter wrote a letter asking for the charges to be dropped, as she was completely dependent on her parents and did not know how she could cope with everyday life without them.

However, the court decided to sentence the father to six and a half years and the mother to five years in prison. The girl is said to have put on weight again in the meantime and will now be able to live like a teenager.