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Trial underway for couple accused of caging kids

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    Parents claim autistic children were kept in cages to stay safe

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The testimony wrapped up for the -- both parents took the stand in their defense thing that they had to lock up their kids.

For safety reasons but the prosecution says it was done out of convenience coming -- -- he -- attorneys showed that jury the gate used to keep it to autistic boys walked in the room.

They can explain the game was used to keep the boy's safe and out of trouble she told a jury that -- the game was better than shutting the door of the room because the -- allow the -- to look out of the room.

John Eckart the boy's fathers told the -- the two boys were always getting into things -- could be dangerous so he used several methods to -- this home.

Open up there because she.

You can't always watch your child -- Health and safety is a big concern.

Thanks so.

-- -- Think you can -- It was in April of last year that Ankara police were called to the home after -- DHS complaint.

Inside police found what they called shocking conditions.

That's -- police reported finding a -- vaulted to the wall and the six and seven year old boys locked inside.

The prosecutor said -- the boys were kept in their room the majority of the time and only let out -- special occasions and for a bath.

They claim the couple locked them up so they could take smoke breaks and played video games -- two boys have since been placed in must secure the biological mother not trying to gain custody of them.

The closing arguments in this case begin Tuesday morning reporting from Vancouver tonight into Padilla the 8 o'clock news.

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