The safety and quality of care in a family home in Niekerk, Groningen, were seriously deficient, according to the Health and Youth Care Inspectorate (IGJ). A boy and a girl, now 9 and 10, were reportedly abused and neglected for years at the Bersama family home. The man and the woman had reportedly beaten the children, allowed their dog to bite them, and forced them to perform heavy farm work.