A MAN who lived next door to parents accused of abusing some of their adopted children by making them sleep in cages claims the father had planned to leave his job because he made enough money by adopting.

A boy adopted by a couple accused of caging some of their children today told a court he was sent to a cage for weeks at a time for punishment.

A man who lived next door to parents accused of abusing some of their adopted children by making them sleep in cages claims the father had planned to leave his job because he made enough money by adopting.