Boy, 3, put in washing machine,

A three-year-old Paris boy
has died after he was
allegedly put in a washing machine
by his father, who then switched it
on as "punishment".
Christophe Champenois, 33 has
been charged with murder of a
minor, after allegedly placing his son
Bastien's naked body into the
machine and running a cold wash,
as punishment for flushing a
classmate's drawings down the toilet
at playgroup, the Sun reports.
The toddler's mother Charlene
reportedly released her son and
took his limp body to a neighbour,
claiming Bastien had fallen down the
stairs.
The neighbour, named only as Alice,
told the paper his mother did not
understand her son was dead.
"I took him in my arms like a
broken doll. I felt the last beat of
his heart."
While Bastien's parents stuck with
the story, his five-year-old sister
told police her brother had been
locked in the washing machine, and
had been shut in the closet in the
past.
Bastien's mother was charged with
not preventing a crime and not
assisting a person in danger.