A four-year-old boy locked in his bedroom by his parents without adequate food or water was just a couple of days away from death, the Adelaide District Court has heard.
The boy's 24-year-old mother and 28-year-old father, who cannot be identified due to a suppression order, have pleaded guilty to an aggravated charge of endangering the boy's life.
During sentencing submissions the court heard a police officer found the boy locked in his bedroom, naked, shivering and surrounded by rubbish and faeces.
Prosecutor Lucy Boord said the officer's first reaction was to take off her jacket and wrap it around the boy and carry him out.
The court heard he was found by chance as the boy's mother had called police about domestic violence.
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