Alun Titford, the father of 16-year-old Kaylea Titford, has been found guilty of her manslaughter by gross negligence. Prosecutors said the teenager, who had spina bifida, was living in conditions 'unfit for any animal'.
Prosecutors say Kaylea's parents"seriously neglected" their daughter, with a pathologist's report concluding the teenager's cause of death as"inflammation and infection in extensive areas of ulceration arising from obesity and its complications, and immobility in a girl with spina bifida and hydrocephalus".
Attending paramedics told the jury that Kaylea's room was"dirty", with several soiled incontinence pads upon Kaylea's mattress, on the floor and wrapped around her legs.Prosecutors said Kaylea was living in conditions 'not fit for any animal'Later, Alun Titford told police the family would have takeaways, including Chinese and Indian food and kebabs, five nights a week.
Two police officers, also in attendance, told the jury they"felt physically sick" at the smell in Kaylea's room, and saw"live maggots wriggling" on the mattress of her bed. "It was a shocking situation to see someone in", officer David Wilkinson told the court,"I didn't want to see what I saw".
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