Father ‘killed son in washing machine’

POLICE in France have charged a 33-year-old father with murder after he allegedly killed his three-year-old son by stuffing him into a washing machine and turning it on.

The man, identified in reports as Christophe Champenois, was charged with “murder of a minor” in the city of Meaux near Paris, court sources said.

The boy’s mother, Charlene, was charged with failing to prevent a crime and failing to assist a person in danger. Both were being held without bail.