Birmingham Crown Court has sentenced a woman to 24 years
imprisonment for killing daughter.
Kathryn Smith 23, was convicted by majority verdict Birmigham
Court on Friday after six weeks of trial for killing a 21-month-old daughter,
Ayeeshia Jane Smith.
Smith was accused of negligence on the part of her daughter whom
post-mortem confirmed that she fell from a heigdt,
The mother busted into
tears as justice {Mrs} Justice Geraldine Andrews delivered her judgment.
Geraldine said “ Ayeeshia was a "frail little girl (who)
was viciously crushed" in her own bedroom, surrounded by her toys.
The judge
reiterated further that Smith had been
prepared to tell "lie after lie" in an effort to escape punishment
and had failed to make her daughter's well being a priority in her life.
Ayeeshia, known as AJ, died from a heart laceration and her
injuries were said to have been caused by a stamp on 1 May, 2014.
Doctors said it
was the type of injury usually only seen in crash victims or in a person who
has fallen from a height.
A post-mortem
examination showed a catalogue of other injuries the prosecution claimed were
deliberately inflicted but apparently went unnoticed by doctors and social
services.
The toddler was
found to have suffered a bleed on the brain in the months before her death,
linked to an incident in February 2014 when she was admitted to hospital after
collapsing.
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