Left for dead: Twin babies perish while parents go on four-day drinking binge
A couple in Russia have been charged with murder after going on a “four day lockdown drinking binge” and left their 16-week-old twins “all alone without food”.
Their baby son was in a coma and died in hospital soon after the pair were found by their grandmother.
The daughter is fighting for her life in a hospital in Russia’s Kamchatka region.
Mother Margarita Yanayeca, 23, “lied” to her friends and said that her children were in hospital with coronavirus.
Margarita and her partner Alexey, 35, left them locked at home all weekend while they partied over four days.
Their son died from “starvation”, whereas his twin sister is incredibly weak in intensive care.
“In the course of four days they were not feeding the children, and did not arrange alternative care for them,” said an investigation source.
Instead they “subjected them to hunger, did not ensure hygiene, leaving the minors were in a socially dangerous state”.
The children were found by a grandmother who was concerned that she could not reach the couple by phone.
After finding the children, she immediately called the police.
If the parents are convicted of murder, they face up to 20 years in jail. The pair also face charges over failing in their parental duties and subjecting their children to danger.
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