The mother in the vinegar case is not mentally ill

The locked up, starving and abused girl in Eslöv appeared in hospital with a stomach destroyed by vinegar.

The parents face charges and risk imprisonment if found guilty. A forensic psychiatric examination shows that the mother does not suffer from a serious mental disorder.

According to the investigation, the woman was neither mentally ill at the time of the acts for which she was charged nor when the investigation was carried out.

According to the indictment, the now seven-year-old girl has been subjected to, among other things, extremely severe abuse. The parents have denied every charge – but the prosecutor wants them to be sentenced to more than ten years in prison.

Lund’s district court considers that the evidence against the parents is fully or partially convincing with regard to several of the charges, but wanted both to undergo forensic psychiatric examinations before handing down the verdict.

The father’s mental status has also been investigated. Nor is he considered to suffer from a serious mental disorder.

Corrected: In an earlier version, an incorrect statement was given about the mother’s mental status.