Mother and father jailed for the negligent manslaughter of their morbidly obese daughter
01.03.2023 - 21:21
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A mother and father have been jailed for the death of their morbidly obese daughter after leaving her bed-ridden in squalor.
Kaylea Titford, 16, was found abandoned in conditions "unfit for any animal" wrapped in soiled clothing and bed linen, following her death at the family home in Newton, Powys on October 2020. The teenager's parents, Sarah Lloyd-Jones, 40, and Alun Titford, 45, were sentenced at Swansea Crown Court.
The mother will be imprisoned for six years while the father will spend seven years and six months behind bars. At the time of her death, Kaylea weighed 22st 13lbs with a BMI of 70.
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Lloyd-Jones previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter by gross negligence while Titford was convicted of the same offence following a trial. During the trial, it was heard that Kaylea, who had spina bifida and used a wheelchair, died after suffering inflammation and infection from ulceration which arose from obesity and immobility.
Emergency service attending the house on October 10 said they felt sick due to a "rotting" smell in her room. Maggots were also found which were believed to have been feeding on her body, the jury heard.
Her room was also said to be dirty and cluttered with bottles of urine and a chip fryer with drips of fat down the side. Kaylea attended Newton High School but failed to return after the coronavirus lockdown in March 2020.
When asked why he had let his daughter down so badly, Titford said: "I'm lazy." The removal worker who had six children with Lloyd-Jones, said the family would order takeaway four or five nights a week and he thought Kaylea had put on two or three stone since March.
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