The case of a primary school child left to fend for himself in an unheated flat has provoked soul-searching across France. Peter Conradi goes in search of answers
In 2020, while France was grappling with the Covid pandemic, a nine-year-old boy was left to fend for himself after being abandoned by his mother. But the child had his own ways to let off steam.
Alexandra Oger, 39, was convicted of leaving her son for two years in a cold second floor flat in France while she moved in with lover Charlene Muller and her two children.
EXCLUSIVE: Alexandra Oger, 39, was convicted of leaving her child for two years in a freezing second floor flat when she moved in with her lover Charlene Muller and her two children.