The father of a young boy rescued after dangling from a fourth storey Paris balcony in May has received a three month suspended jail sentence for leaving the child home alone.
The 37-year-old father left his four year old son unattended in their sixth-floor apartment while he went shopping, where the son then climbed over the balcony.
The public prosecutor had asked for the sentence to be extended, noting that had rescuer Mamoudou Gassama not sprung into action the child could have died.