Isabella Jonas-Wheildon, a two-year-old girl, was tragically beaten to death by her mother's boyfriend, Scott Jeff. Her body was moved around for days before being discovered in a locked bathroom. Multiple authorities had contact with Isabella and her family, but missed opportunities to protect her. A review found that Isabella became 'invisible' to authorities in the weeks leading up to her death.
A tragic two-year-old girl who was beaten to death by her mother's new boyfriend and then wheeled around in a buggy was 'invisible' to authorities, a review has found.
The tiny child also had fractures to both her wrists, and a complex pelvic break probably caused by 'kicking or stamping'.A damning safeguarding practice review has found that several authorities across four counties - Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk - had contact with Isabella, her mother and partner. But opportunities to protect the child were missed.
She was said to be a good mother to Isabella until she hooked up with old flame Scott Jeff, a drug-taking thug with a track-record of abusive relationships and the words Pure Hell tattooed across his knuckles. Jeff, 24, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 26 years after he was convicted of Isabella's murder at a trial last December.
He described how - before her death in June 2023 - Isabella had become 'invisible' to the authorities. Gleason-Mitchell had been suspended from her job at Busy Bees nursery in Sandy, Bedfordshire, in July 2022 A 14-year-old boy who was a fellow guest at one hotel went to the couple's room to roll a cannabis joint and saw Jeff kick Isabella's pushchair, and slap her around the face with his open palm which made her cry, said Miss Howes.
Voice notes made by Jeff on his phone on June 21 showed him saying he was 'f***ing fuming' that the toddler kept wetting herself, despite his efforts at potty training, he court heard. Footage taken at the unit on the afternoon of June 26, showed Isabella's legs and feet moving in her pushchair, suggesting she was still alive.
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