The mother of Santiago, the very premature baby kidnapped on October 21 in a maternity hospital in Seine-Saint-Denis, was accused on Thursday in France of kidnapping and kidnapping of a minor under 15 years of age in an organized gang, announced on Friday the 8th. the Bobigny prosecutor’s office. The 25-year-old young mother, who arrived at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport from Amsterdam on Thursday, was then presented before the judge of liberties and detention, who released her under judicial control. A decision that the prosecution appealed on Friday, he stated in a press release.
“She explained at length [devant le juge] and his place is more in the hospital than in prison.”declared his lawyer, Romuald Sayagh, to Agence France-Presse (AFP). “She is free. “His condition was taken into account, as was the fact that he agreed to take responsibility and cooperate.”continued the lawyer, who had argued that the young mother was “in a state of post-traumatic stress” since she gave birth, as parents of very premature babies can be, and that she lived “with fear” since a baby placement had been mentioned.
The father remains detained in Holland
Santiago, for his part, was repatriated to France on the 1stAhem November. “Initially hospitalized, he is now admitted to Child Welfare”announced the Bobigny prosecutor’s office. Born very prematurely two months earlier, the newborn, then 17 days old, was taken by his parents from a hospital in Aulnay-sous-Bois, near Paris, where he was placed in an incubator. After four days of searching, Dutch police found the two parents and the baby on October 25 in a hotel in Amsterdam.
The parents had been placed in preventive detention pending their return to France. The mother accepted the accelerated delivery procedure to France, while the father opted for a long procedure and remains in preventive detention in the Netherlands. “In the context of professional secrecy, I cannot tell you why the father opted for the long procedure. “All I can say is that it was a very thoughtful decision.”his lawyer in the Netherlands, Gerald Roethof, told AFP on Thursday.
The case was highly publicized due to the activation of the Kidnapping Alert system in France and Belgium. Many police officers mobilized to quickly find the baby who required constant care.
