Parents Face charges For Neglect On Their Seven-year-old daughter

A seven-year-old girl was so badly neglected by her parents that she 'smelled like rotting meat' and her hair was 'moving' with lice, a court heard.

 
 The girl, of Southampton, was also found to have infected sores on her head and hair infested with lice in what was described as the worst case of neglect a doctor had seen in their 30-year career.

Her two-year old sister was also allegedly neglected and her teeth had decayed so much six of them had to be removed

The teacher told the court: 'That smell was the one thing that has stayed with me. It was the worst smell I have ever smelt in my life, it smelt like gone off rotting meat.'

She also initially mistook the girl for a boy and said she looked 'grey' with sunken eyes and had black patches in her hair.

The parents, a 43-year-old woman and 47-year-old man, both from Southampton, were arrested and charged with two counts of child neglect.