Mother Jailed for Draining Her Son’s Blood Over Five Years, One Pint a Week

Mother Jailed for Draining Her Son’s Blood Over Five Years, One Pint a Week
FILE—A syringe is shown during a free clinic in California, on Dec. 19, 2014. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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A nurse who regularly drained blood from her young son over a five-year period has been jailed for four years.

Losing about a pint a week left the boy with low blood levels, and he needed a total of 110 blood transfusions between the ages of 11 months and 6 years.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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