A man and woman have pleaded guilty to locking their nephew in a filthy bedroom for nearly two years.
Jane Sims of the London Free Press reports the couple entered the pleas of guilty to charges of forcible confinement and failing to provide the necessaries of life at the London courthouse on Thursday morning.
The pair cannot be named in order to protect the identity of the boy. He was 10 years old when he was found in an Asima Dr. home in May of 2014.
Police say the boy had been locked in a bedroom for up to two years and was fed fast food twice a day. He was discovered when a neighbour spotted a curtain moving inside the home and called the Children's Aid Society.
When police entered the house they found the boy living in squalid conditions. He was wearing urine soaked pajamas and had shoulder-length hair. The boy was treated for malnourishment and placed in foster care.
The couple’s biological daughter was also taken into custody.
Investigators say the boy’s father was living overseas at the time.
Sims reports the couple will return to court July 19 for a reading of a statement of facts and sentencing.
-With files from Ashton Patis
