- A young girl clung to her mother’s car pleading with her to to be let back in
- It is believed the girl from Parana, Brazil was kicked-out for shouting in the car
- She dashed out in front of the car in a bid to get back in but her mother drove off
- A video of her chasing the car down the road emerged online sparking an investigation
This is the shocking moment a young girl clings on to her mother’s car pleading to be let back in by the side of the driver’s door.
It is believed the five-year-old was kicked out of the car for screaming by her mother who drives away as she chases after the vehicle screaming.
She then dashes out in front of the red car in a bid to try and stop it moving and get back inside before she is left standing in the road.
The footage then shows the girl sprint after her mother’s car down the road before stops and pulls over.
After the video was posted on social media an inquiry was started by the Foundation for the Protection of Children and Adolescents (Nucria), who took the case to the Civil Police.
The incident occurred in the Novo Mundo neighbourhood of Curitiba, capital of the Brazilian state of Parana.
Jose Barreto de Macedo Junior, spokesperson for Nucria, told reporters that the mother had ‘submitted the child to intense psychological suffering.’
This is the shocking moment a young girl clings on to her mother’s car pleading to be let back in by the side of the driver’s door
Macedo Junior added: ‘She used the serious threat of abandoning the child to punish her.’
The inquiry found that the mother’s objective had been to punish the girl, rather than abandon her permanently however she claims she did not know the girl was not in the car when she drove away.
The mother also claims that the volume in the car was high so she didn’t even realise her daughter had left the vehicle.
The footage then shows the girl sprint after her mother’s car down the road before stops and pulls over
Macedo Junior disputed this claim, saying: ‘The child passed in front of the car, and she (the mother) said to the child to get out of the way, or she (the daughter) would be run over.’
The mother told police she returned to pick up her daughter when she realised she was not in the car, and the two then went to lunch together.
The Civil Police have asked the woman to answer to the crimes of threats and punishment by torture.
The mother’s lawyers claim that neither crime has been properly proven and she was released after giving her initial statement.