A 23-STONE pensioner who murdered her nine-year-old cousin by sitting on her has been jailed for life. Obese Veronica Posey, 66, crushed little Dericka Lindsay to death after she sat on her for ar…
The youngster - just over 3ft tall and weighing a little over five stone -A horrified doctor said her injuries were the worst the medic had seen in over 20 years.
In October 2017, Posey was woken by a call from Grace, 71, asking her to discipline Dericka for “acting up” with her eight-year-old sister. The girl was then forced to kneel down in front of an armchair and lean her body forward across the seat so her head was face down on the cushion.Dericka was said to have screamed twice that she could not breathe and Posey rang 911 after getting up.
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