- Illawarra mother charged after children were found living in squalor
- Police contacted Family and Community Services to have the children removed
- Police said urine and faeces were present on nearly every surface of the house
A mother has been charged after her three young children were found living in extreme squalor.
Officers arrived at the Illawarra home in New South Wales in October last year to find the walls covered in human faeces, draws full of rotting food and an infestation of flies and cockroaches, the Illawarra Mercury reported.
Police were shocked by the ‘disgusting’ conditions and contacted Family and Community Services to have the children removed.
Police said urine and faeces were present on nearly every surface of the hose
In Wollongong Local Court on Thursday Magistrate Mark Douglass said: ‘It’s perhaps one of the worst cases of neglect that’s been brought before me in a criminal form.’
Police said urine and faeces were present on nearly every surface of the house.
‘The bedrooms were absolute squalor with stained mattresses, nil bedding and putrid floors covered in soiled nappies,’ police wrote in documents tendered in court on Thursday.
‘The wall alongside the cot was covered in faeces where the child had apparently taken off his nappy and wiped his faeces over the wall.’
The court heard Family and Community Services had been to the property three times before October.
The mother was charged with one count each of neglecting a young person in care and taking action that results in health/physical damage.
She pleaded guilty to the charges on Thursday.
The case has been adjourned to Friday for sentencing.
Police were shocked by the ‘disgusting’ conditions and contacted Family and Community Services to have the children removed
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