Boy, 13, did not attend school for four years

A couple, who claimed their 13-year-old son was sick but would not produce medical evidence after they kept him out of school for four years, have been spared jail.

The mother and father have been warned they risk having their children being taken into care.

They refused to co-operate with education and welfare authorities who were trying to establish what was wrong with the boy who has not been in school since he was aged nine.