A NUNSTHORPE home became infested with flies, smelled of urine and the contents of a baby's nappy were smeared on the walls – because the struggling parents were "too embarrassed" to get help.
The ashamed couple admitted in court that they had neglected their four children but insisted they had now turned their lives around – prompting an appeal from officials urging others not to suffer in silence.
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