Danger in Force-feeding! Boy, 3, Dies After Dad Force-fed Him With Cereals

A 32-year-old dad from north-west London has been charged with manslaughter and cruelty after he allegedly force-fed his 3-year-old baby boy with a mixture of cereal and bread. The little boys lungs was filled with the substance, leading to his untimely death.

According to Metro, the toddler was regularly made to lie across his father’s lap as his cheeks were pinched together and the porridge-like mixture poured into his mouth from a cup.

Jurors were told when the baby sometimes vomited after force-feeding ”the defendant would become angry, and slap him or send him to bed.”

On November 27 last year, paramedics found the child in his nappy showing no signs of life after the defendant called for an ambulance.

Prosecutor Simon Denison QC told jurors:

”There was a very large amount of vomit that looked like a porridge substance on his face and on his chest. It was very difficult to clear his airway because of the amount of porridge-like substance that was in his throat. When CPR was attempted, more of the substance came out.

A post-mortem examination revealed that virtually all sections of his lungs were stuffed with recognisable food material.

He had aspirated, inhaled, breathed in, a large amount of the porridge-like mix into his lungs so that he had, in effect, drowned in his food.”

It was also gathered that jurors were told the 3-year-old boy would be fed a blended mixture of bread, milk, Weetabix and oats – with rice pudding or spaghetti sometimes being added.

”It is alleged that because of the way the youngster would have been laid across his father’s lap, he would not have been able to lean forward and cough up any food that went down the wrong way,” he added.

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Denison continued:

”His distress would have been obvious as he kicked and wriggled to try and free himself, and, he being a large three-year-old boy, it would have taken force to restrain him.

But then as more food went into his airways and into his lungs, he would have been unable to breathe, and he would have gone limp and lost consciousness, with food blocking his lungs and his upper and lower airways.”

The defendant has however denied the charges.

The trial continues.