{"id":603284,"date":"2026-11-13T17:05:04","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T14:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=603284"},"modified":"2026-11-13T17:19:40","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T14:19:40","slug":"minsk-woman-sentenced-to-two-years-in-prison-after-two-year-old-son-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/minsk-woman-sentenced-to-two-years-in-prison-after-two-year-old-son-dies","title":{"rendered":"Minsk Woman Sentenced To Two Years In Prison After Two-Year-Old Son Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A 32-year-old woman in Minsk has been sentenced to two years in prison for leaving her two-year-old son in danger after he fell from a window and died. She was also found guilty of evading reimbursement of state expenses for the care of children placed under state protection.<\/p>\n

The tragedy occurred in August 2025. According to the Prosecutor General’s Office<\/a>, the woman was visiting neighbors she had recently met, together with her children. After drinking alcohol, the adults decided to continue their gathering outdoors. The Minsk resident did not want to take her two-year-old son with her because it would be difficult to reach the location with a stroller. She asked the 13-year-old daughter of her new neighbors to look after the boy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe outdoor gathering lasted several hours and involved drinking alcohol. During this time, the mother did not check on her young son, whom she had left in a stranger’s apartment with a girl she barely knew. Clearly, given her age, the neighbor’s daughter could not ensure the child’s safety and provide proper care,\u201d<\/i> the press release said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the boy fell asleep at the neighbors’ home and was left alone in a room. The girl was playing with her brother in an adjacent room. After waking up, the toddler used a wheeled chair to climb onto the windowsill. Since the window locks had not been secured, he was able to open the window himself and fell out. The child died.<\/p>\n

At the time of the tragedy, the Minsk resident was pregnant with her sixth child. She had previously been warned about criminal liability for leaving children in danger. Her children had been classified as being in a socially dangerous situation and in need of state protection.<\/p>\n

The woman was deprived of parental rights to all five children, including the son born after the tragedy. The court also ordered her to reimburse the state for the costs of supporting the children. According to reports, she evaded these payments and systematically missed work without valid reasons.<\/p>\n

The Leninsky District Court of Minsk found her guilty under Part 3 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code (leaving a person in danger) and Part 2 of Article 174 (evading reimbursement of expenses for the maintenance of children). Taking the offenses together, the court sentenced her to two years in prison and fined her 50 basic units (2,250 rubles).<\/p>\n

The accused was taken into custody in the courtroom.<\/p>\n

The verdict has not yet entered into force and may be appealed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A 32-year-old woman in Minsk has been sentenced to two years in prison for leaving her two-year-old son in danger after he fell from a window and died. She was also found guilty of evading reimbursement of state expenses for the care of children placed under state protection. The tragedy occurred in August 2025. According […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":603285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/6af71c814d55c.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Minsk Woman Sentenced To Two Years In Prison After Two-Year-Old Son Dies"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143127,143094],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-603284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-society","category-incident"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603284"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":603287,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603284\/revisions\/603287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}