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UK man found negligently guilty of obese daughter's death

2023-02-07T17:56:07.626Z


After a painful trial, justice declared the father responsible for the pitiful state in which the young Kaylea was found.


The man was found guilty on Tuesday, February 7, after a trying trial in British justice, of manslaughter by gross negligence on his adolescent daughter, obese and found lifeless in “

sordid

” conditions.

Kaylea Titford, 16, was found in conditions described in court as "

unbecoming of any animal

", in soiled clothes and sheets, after her death at the family home in Newton, Wales in October 2020. teenager then weighed 146 kilos.

His mother, Sarah Lloyd-Jones, 39, pleaded guilty to gross negligence homicide last year but his father, Alun Titford, denied the charges.

The jury declared him guilty on Tuesday after more than seven hours of deliberation.

Sentencing is due March 1.

The culprit pretends laziness

During the trial, Alun Titford explained that he did not take care of his daughter because he was "

lazy

".

Kaylea, who was in a wheelchair, died of inflammation and infection from an ulcer resulting from her obesity and immobility.

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The young woman lived motionless in soiled sheets, lying on dog mats.

Her room was dirty and cluttered with bottles of urine.

Emergency services called to the scene on October 10, 2020 described a "

rotten

" smell in the room.

Maggots were found at the scene and experts believe they fed on the body, the trial was told.

Forced immobility

The teenager, who attended a high school in Newton before the pandemic, was described by staff as '

funny and talkative

' but never set foot in school again after restrictions were lifted.

According to the prosecution, the young woman, who had not been followed on a dietary and physical level since 2017, did not get out of bed during the pandemic and her wheelchair became too small.

The father of the victim had claimed that it was Sarah Lloyd-Jones who had the responsibility of taking care of their daughter and that he had discharged his role at the teenager's puberty.

After the verdict and because of the "

abnormally painful

" nature of this trial, Judge Justice Griffiths told the jurors that they could have access to emotional support services and exempted them from being jurors for the next ten years.

Source: lefigaro

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