A mother has been questioned by police after a photo of a boy with Down’s Syndrome trapped inside a washing machine emerged online.
Courtney Stewart, 21, posted the picture of the two-year-old boy on her Facebook page on Thursday after trapping him in the machine ‘for a laugh’.
Ms Stewart, who has refused to apologize despite the little boy being in her care at the time, can be seen holding the door closed in the picture.
She told The Daily Record: ‘He loves the washing machine. We took a picture and it was a laugh.’
But her neighbors were not so amused. One person said: ‘It was terrible to look at. For anyone, let alone someone who is also a parent, to take a picture like that and stick it on Facebook for a laugh is unbelievable.
‘It’s no wonder people are angry about it. People in the town have been talking about it, because anyone who has seen it has been left shocked.’
Police questioned Ms Stewart, from Erskine, Renfrewshire, about the incident, and she told them he had climbed into the machine on his own.
She said: ‘He is clearly laughing in the pictures. So I don’t understand why somebody took that picture as – well, I don’t know what they took it as.
‘What did they think I was doing to him? Take him for a spin? He’s got a bit of a washing obsession. Anyone who knows him would know he’s got a washing obsession.
‘I don’t know who reported it. I don’t really know why they would do that. I think it’s absolutely ridiculous. They shouldn’t be able to call the police anonymously.
‘The police know who it was and I don’t think it’s at all fair that they can’t tell me.’
Ms Stewart said she had been attacked on her doorstep over the picture.
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