The mother
The father of the two French children recently abandoned in Portugal by their 41-year-old mother and her 55-year-old partner has broken his silence and revealed that he is awaiting official authorisation to be reunited with the young boys..
Euro News is reporting that the father, who lives in France, has thought about his two boys "every second" since learning of their disappearance.
A court in Setubal has ruled that the mother and
her partner will remain in custody after
allegedly abandoning her boys aged four and five on a roadside in the south of
Portugal.
The boys were found in the evening crying beside a road near Alcacer do Sal, about 100km (60 miles) south of Lisbon. The woman and her partner, identified by authorities as Marine R and Marc B, were later arrested in Fatima.
As they were led into court the man shouted "I love you" in French and the boys' mother sang.
A judge ordered they be placed in pre-trial detention, French and Portuguese media report. They are both accused of child endangerment and abandonment, while the man faces an additional charge of aggravated assault.
Meanwhile, Euronews has reported that he children, have been with
a French foster family in Lisbon before returning to
France.
Authorities told the Setubal courthouse that the two boys had been
living with their 41-year-old mother in the eastern French city of Colmar,
while their father had limited and supervised visitation rights, local media
report.
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