Parents jailed over death of ‘concentration camp’ cancer child

A US judge sentenced two parents to eight years in prison after they pleaded guilty to failing to get medical help for their eight- year-old boy before he died from a treatable form of cancer.

Judge Michael Astrab admonished Monica Hussing, 37, and William T Robinson Snr, 40, parents of William Robinson Jnr, for not taking personal responsibility for their son’s March 2008 death and for hiding him away instead of seeking help for his illness. They received the maximum sentence.

The parents said they had financial problems and tried to get checkups for their son but couldn’t afford it. Prosecutors said the couple still managed to pay a vet $87 (€62) to have a pit bull treated for fleas.