Mother kept girls locked away from the world for seven years
Three girls who were imprisoned sa pamamagitan ng their mother in a house of indescribable filth for seven years may never recover from the ordeal, experts have said.
The girls were shut away from the outside world, existing in almost complete darkness, playing only with mice and communicating in their own language.
When they were discovered, their tahanan in a smart, upper middle-class suburb had no running water and was filled with waste and excrement a metre high. The floor was corroded sa pamamagitan ng mice urine.
The case has stunned Austria, still reeling from the Natascha Kampusch kidnapping, and the authorities were struggling last night to explain how such a horror story could have gone unnoticed.
The girls’ ordeal was apparently sparked sa pamamagitan ng their parents’ divorce, after which their mother, a 53-year-old lawyer, suffered a breakdown. But she won custody of the girls — then aged 7, 11 and 13 — and withdrew them from school, claiming that she would give them private tuition at home.
Her husband, a local judge in Linz, Upper Austria, named only as Andreas M, was not allowed to see them once, despite his claims for access reaching court nine times.
The girls, Viktoria, Katharina and Elisabeth, were rescued only when police broke into the house after a neighbour, who had reported his suspicions several times, threatened a local council official with a lawsuit.
Three girls who were imprisoned sa pamamagitan ng their mother in a house of indescribable filth for seven years may never recover from the ordeal, experts have said.
The girls were shut away from the outside world, existing in almost complete darkness, playing only with mice and communicating in their own language.
When they were discovered, their tahanan in a smart, upper middle-class suburb had no running water and was filled with waste and excrement a metre high. The floor was corroded sa pamamagitan ng mice urine.
The case has stunned Austria, still reeling from the Natascha Kampusch kidnapping, and the authorities were struggling last night to explain how such a horror story could have gone unnoticed.
The girls’ ordeal was apparently sparked sa pamamagitan ng their parents’ divorce, after which their mother, a 53-year-old lawyer, suffered a breakdown. But she won custody of the girls — then aged 7, 11 and 13 — and withdrew them from school, claiming that she would give them private tuition at home.
Her husband, a local judge in Linz, Upper Austria, named only as Andreas M, was not allowed to see them once, despite his claims for access reaching court nine times.
The girls, Viktoria, Katharina and Elisabeth, were rescued only when police broke into the house after a neighbour, who had reported his suspicions several times, threatened a local council official with a lawsuit.
"When There's Nothing Left"
When there's nothing left to give
I will give you madami than I ever gave before
When there's nothing left left to say
I'll say it all again, but until then...
And I'll give you my heart, say I pag-ibig you
Say I pag-ibig you
And I'll give you my heart, say I pag-ibig you
Oh, cause I do, Jesus
No music to play so I sing you my own song
Come on and sing along
When there's nothing that remains
You still stay the same
You're looking so strong
And I'll give you my heart, say I pag-ibig you
Say I pag-ibig you
And I'll give you my heart, say I pag-ibig you
Oh, cause I do
And I'll give you my heart, say I pag-ibig you
I'm gonna, I'm gonna say I pag-ibig you
And I'll give you my heart, say I pag-ibig you
Oh, cause I do, sweet Jesus
When there's nothing left to give
I will give you madami than I ever gave before
I'm gonna give you my heart
I'm gonna give you my puso
When there's nothing left to give
I will give you madami than I ever gave before
When there's nothing left left to say
I'll say it all again, but until then...
And I'll give you my heart, say I pag-ibig you
Say I pag-ibig you
And I'll give you my heart, say I pag-ibig you
Oh, cause I do, Jesus
No music to play so I sing you my own song
Come on and sing along
When there's nothing that remains
You still stay the same
You're looking so strong
And I'll give you my heart, say I pag-ibig you
Say I pag-ibig you
And I'll give you my heart, say I pag-ibig you
Oh, cause I do
And I'll give you my heart, say I pag-ibig you
I'm gonna, I'm gonna say I pag-ibig you
And I'll give you my heart, say I pag-ibig you
Oh, cause I do, sweet Jesus
When there's nothing left to give
I will give you madami than I ever gave before
I'm gonna give you my heart
I'm gonna give you my puso
Two little boys were playing together. One little boy saw a nut on the ground. Before he could pick it the other boy took it.
The first boy demanded, “Give me the nut. It’s mine. I only saw it first”.
The other boy replied, “It’s mine. I only took it”.
This lead to a quarrel between these two little boys. Just then a tall boy came that way. Upon seeing the quarrel between the boys, he said, “Give me the nut and I’ll settle your quarrel”.
He split the nut into two parts. He took out the fruit-seed. He gave one half-shell to one boy and the other half-shell to the other. He put the prutas seed into his mouth and said, “This is for settling your quarrel”.
MORAL : When two people quarrel some one else gains.
The first boy demanded, “Give me the nut. It’s mine. I only saw it first”.
The other boy replied, “It’s mine. I only took it”.
This lead to a quarrel between these two little boys. Just then a tall boy came that way. Upon seeing the quarrel between the boys, he said, “Give me the nut and I’ll settle your quarrel”.
He split the nut into two parts. He took out the fruit-seed. He gave one half-shell to one boy and the other half-shell to the other. He put the prutas seed into his mouth and said, “This is for settling your quarrel”.
MORAL : When two people quarrel some one else gains.