Eleven-year-old boy left home alone as family go on holiday

AN 11-year-old boy is to spend Christmas day in foster care after his family allegedly decided to leave him home alone while they took a holiday in the Canaries.

Eleven-year-old boy left home alone as family go on holiday

Now the boy’s 33-year-old mother is to be questioned by police in Derbyshire, England. She is the second mother to be questioned over ‘child abandonment’ in England.

This follows the arrest of a mother yesterday on suspicion of leaving her 12-year-old son home alone for almost two weeks. Jill Parker, 53, was released on police bail pending further inquiries.

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