U.K. ‘blasé’ mom sentenced for hiding baby in bed drawer for three years

Child’s physical and mental development was that of a 10-month-old

A baby girl in the U.K. who spent her first three years living alone, sleeping in a drawer and being fed through a syringe is said to be recovering from her various physical and mental traumas.

Her mother, who kept the child’s existence hidden from family, friends and the girl’s siblings, was sentenced this week to seven years and six months after pleading guilty to four charges of child cruelty.