Five-year-old boy found dead in underwear after being 'forced to run as punishment for wetting his bed'

A five-year-old boy has been found dead after allegedly being forced to run several kilometres in the middle of the night as punishment for wetting his bed.

The boy was found yesterday, 200 yards from his home, at the side of a canal in Aire-sur-la-Lys in northern France, according to reports.