A MUM made sick jokes about flies in her daughter's room earlier than she died in squalor coated in maggots.
Kaylea Titford, 16, was left to die at house in Newton, Wales, on October 10, 2020.
The schoolgirl had been consuming 5 takeaways every week to the purpose she was "dangerously overweight" and "dwelling in situations not match for animals".
Her mum Sarah Lloyd-Jones had even joked in regards to the flies within the teen's room after Kaylea messaged her saying they had been "doing her head in".
She replied: "They such as you LOL".
Lloyd-Jones, 39, was right this moment jailed for six years after she beforehand pleaded responsible to gross negligence manslaughter and inflicting or permitting the demise of a kid.
Kaylea's dad Alun Titford, 45, was discovered responsible of neglecting the teenager by permitting her to grow to be morbidly overweight.
He was right this moment caged for seven years and 6 months in a televised reside court docket sentencing.
Mr Justice Griffiths stated the dad and mom brought about Kaylea's demise by "surprising and extended neglect over lockdown."
He added: "I discover it not possible to say that extra dad or mum was guilty than the opposite.
"They had been each equally accountable they usually had been each equally culpable."
Throughout a harrowing trial, jurors had been advised Kaylea had been fiercely unbiased" earlier than the pandemic - participating in PE classes in her wheelchair.
However when lockdown hit, the teenager, who had spina bifida, was left to die in a grimy room.
The teenager was compelled to make use of "pet pads" to go to the bathroom on her urine-soaked ground.
Her nails had additionally not been reduce for six months and "nicely grown" maggots had been discovered on her physique.
The teenager's hair was matted and Kaylea, who wanted assist with on a regular basis duties, had not used the bathroom or washed for six months.
There have been traces of fly excrement on her chair hoist with horrific photos exhibiting the "squalor and degradation" Kaylea lived in.
On the time of her demise, Kaylea weighed 22.9 stone and was "morbidly overweight" with a BMI of 70.
Within the three months earlier than her demise, her dad and mom had spent £1,035.76 on takeaways.
This included 62 quick meals meals in July 2020, 82 within the August and 93 in September.
Caroline Rees KC, prosecuting, stated: "By the point of her demise between October 9-10, Kaylea Titford was dwelling in situations unfit for any animal, not to mention for a susceptible 16-year-old lady who relied on others for her care.
"Kaylea lived and died in squalor and degradation."
Emergency crews had been referred to as to her house following a 999 name made by Kaylea's grandmother.
When police arrived, one officer was "virtually sick" from the stench of unwashed faeces in her rest room.
Paramedics discovered her sat upright in mattress together with her garments dirty and her again coated in sores.
Kaylea's armpits had been virtually black and he or she had "weeping, uncooked" ulcers so deep they went right down to the bone.
There have been maggots on her physique as nicely the place she had "lain in her personal filth" as throughout her dirty bedsheets and absorbent pads.
The maggots gave the impression to be "feeding on the physique itself" for at the very least 48 hours.
A put up mortem discovered she died because of irritation and an infection in in depth areas of ulceration arising from weight problems and its problems and immobility of a woman with spina bifida and hydrocephalus.
When arrested, Titford claimed to be "shocked" by his daughter's demise and claimed Kaylea was mum Lloyd-Jones' accountability.
He additionally blamed his "laziness" for the state of Kaylea's bed room and advised officers: "I am not an excellent dad".
Talking after the sentencing, the teenager's household stated they had been "extremely saddened" by her demise.
Detective Chief Inspector Jon Rees added: "The situations by which Kaylea was discovered had been incomprehensible, and the affect of what they noticed and skilled shall be long-lasting for the officers and ambulance service workers who attended.
"To suppose Kaylea was in a position to attend college simply months earlier than she died is heartbreaking.
"Whereas we did all we might to get justice for Kaylea, nothing will take away the lack of a teenage lady who was so badly let down by the very individuals who ought to have been caring for her."
Post a Comment