Nine-year-old locked in bedroom for three-years, say US police

POLICE in the US say a nine-year-old Florida boy was locked in his bedroom for almost three years.

He did not attend school, had no friends, and was watched by his father on surveillance cameras that tracked his every move, Jacksonville police said.

His father claimed the strict living conditions were for his son’s best interest, said police, who took the 41-year-old man to jail on charges of malicious punishment and child abuse.