In the United States, a mother forcibly fed her infant raw vegetables and fruits, which resulted in severe malnutrition, the court found the mother guilty.
According to international media reports, a mother in the United States was convicted by a court who insisted on feeding her newborn son vegetarian food until the child died due to malnutrition.
A 39-year-old American woman has been found guilty of killing her 18-month-old son, who was suffering from malnutrition due to eating only vegetarian food, while his mother was forcibly feeding him only raw vegetables and fruits.
Sheila O’Leary, who was sentenced by a court in Cape Coral, Florida, after a week-long trial, is now facing a life sentence.
Doctors say the baby was severely malnourished and very weak. At 18 months of age, he weighed only 7 kilograms, while at that age the baby’s normal weight is 12 kilograms.
On the day of the incident, Sheila and her husband, who is accused of murder, called 911 because the child was out of breath, but upon arrival at the scene, paramedics confirmed the child’s death.
The couple also had two other children, aged 5 and 3, both of whom were malnourished, had yellow skin and one had black teeth.
According to police, on the day the child died, he was having difficulty breathing. Instead of helping the child, the parents fell asleep. By the time they woke up, the child had stopped breathing completely and had died. ۔
