In the viral footage, the terrified toddler identified as 2-year-old Kacper, is seen crying as his babysitter films.
As he cries, he presses his hand against the door in a desperate bid to open it and free himself. In the clip, a man can be heard laughing as the boy weeps.
The sick video generated a lot of backlash after it was posted online by a 19-year-old man named Mateusz S, who was tracked and picked up by police but was later released without charge while a second man, Adam B, 18, who was looking after the child at the time, was arrested.
Police investigating the upsetting video said they also found a photograph on social media of the boy being forced to smoke a cigarette. The photo of Kacper smoking a cigarette was also found by police on his mother’s social media page. The reckless mother denied having anything to do with the post, claiming she left her phone at home while working.
It is understood Kacper’s mother, a 21-year-old named only as Zaneta D, left him with a friend while she took his father to work in the city of Radom in central Poland. It was during this time that he was shut inside a washing machine. Police said the boy was not hurt but they have launched a child abuse investigation. Social services are also involved.
Prosecutors said Adam B and Tomasz K, 22, the boy’s father, could face child abuse charges. If found guilty of child abuse, the men face 10 years in prison.
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