France father who kept son in van faces 30 years in jail, says prosecutor

Officers opened the van last week to find the boy, now nine, lying in the foetal position, malnourished and no longer able to walk in the eastern village of Hagenbach. A neighbour had sounded the alarm over sounds of a child coming from the vehicle in a shared courtyard. The 43-year-old father, who has been remanded in custody, faces up to 30 years in jail on charges of confining the boy and depriving him of care, prosecutor Nicolas Heitz said. He has admitted the charges and claimed he sought...