Friday, 4 October 2013

to be sentenced over Hamzah Khan killing

Amanda Hutton to be sentenced over Hamzah Khan killing

Hamzah KhanThe prosecution said the cause of Hamzah Khan's death was "blindingly obvious"
A mother who allowed her four-year-old son to starve to death and left his decomposing body in a cot for nearly two years is to be sentenced later.
Alcoholic mother-of-eight Amanda Hutton was found guilty of manslaughter after a jury heard her son Hamzah Khan died due to severe malnutrition.
Police found Hamzah's mummified remains in squalid conditions at the family's home in Bradford in September 2011.
Hutton, 43, will also be sentenced at Bradford Crown Court for child neglect.
She admitted a charge of neglect in respect of each of Hamzah's siblings, who were aged between five and 13 in 2011.
Hutton and her eldest son Tariq, 24, one of five other siblings living at the house, will also be sentenced for preventing the burial of Hamzah's body, a charge they admitted before Hutton's trial.
The court heard Hamzah had a "grossly inadequate" diet, suffered osteoporosis and was so small he still fitted in a baby grow for a six-month-old infant when he died.
Returning the guilty verdict on Thursday, after almost five hours of deliberation, the foreman of the jury made it clear they had convicted Hutton on the basis that she was grossly negligent by not providing adequate nourishment for her son.

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