Freddy111
10-08-2007, 02:05 PM
I know bigbrotherin posted this in the 'are todays kids and young adults sick' thread but I feel it deserves it's own thread.
Here's the sky news story on it:
Origionally posted on sky.com/news
A 23-year-old woman and her partner have been found guilty of murdering the woman's four-year-old daughter following a campaign of "sustained, deliberate and brutal" abuse.
Leticia Aaliyah Wright had been so badly hurt in the weeks leading up to her death her injuries were as bad as those of a major road accident victim.
Murdered: Leticia Aaliyah Wright
Murdered: Leticia Aaliyah Wright
Sharon Wright and Peter McKenzie-Seaton, 22, were convicted of her murder after a four-week trial at Bradford Crown Court.
Wright, wearing a zip-up black sweat shirt, stood open-eyed as the verdict was read out.
Seaton, wearing jeans and a white jumper with blue stripes, showed little response.
Paramedics found Leticia lying bruised and naked on the living room floor at their home in Almondbury Bank, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, on the night of November 18 last year.
She was taken to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary where she died of multiple injuries in the early hours of the morning.
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She was covered in bruises - old and new - as well as cigarette burns and bite marks.
Doctors described the back of her head as a "boggy mass". Her scalp showed signs of infection.
Forensics officers found clumps of her hair in a wheelie bin outside the house.
Traces of her blood were left on her soiled clothes, on a pair of fur-lined handcuffs retrieved from the kitchen, and in "swipe marks" left by her hair on the living room wall.
Her body was covered from head to toe in more than 100 injuries, which police believe were inflicted in the last four weeks of her life.
Guilty: Wright and McKenzie-Seaton
Guilty: Wright and McKenzie-Seaton
Wright blamed Seaton for the injuries, accusing him of going into a rage because he did not have any cannabis.
The court heard he smoked up to £140 worth of skunk - a potent form of the drug - every week.
Seaton admitted biting Leticia but denied causing the fatal injuries.
He told the court he was never left to look after her alone.
In the months preceding the death, the little girl was seen standing as if in a "vigil" at her bedroom window.
The court heard two neighbours were so concerned that they rang social services.
Two social workers from Kirklees Council visited the house and met Leticia and her mother but days later her file was closed.
Wright and McKenzie-Seaton had denied the charges.
Here's the sky news story on it:
Origionally posted on sky.com/news
A 23-year-old woman and her partner have been found guilty of murdering the woman's four-year-old daughter following a campaign of "sustained, deliberate and brutal" abuse.
Leticia Aaliyah Wright had been so badly hurt in the weeks leading up to her death her injuries were as bad as those of a major road accident victim.
Murdered: Leticia Aaliyah Wright
Murdered: Leticia Aaliyah Wright
Sharon Wright and Peter McKenzie-Seaton, 22, were convicted of her murder after a four-week trial at Bradford Crown Court.
Wright, wearing a zip-up black sweat shirt, stood open-eyed as the verdict was read out.
Seaton, wearing jeans and a white jumper with blue stripes, showed little response.
Paramedics found Leticia lying bruised and naked on the living room floor at their home in Almondbury Bank, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, on the night of November 18 last year.
She was taken to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary where she died of multiple injuries in the early hours of the morning.
Advertisement
She was covered in bruises - old and new - as well as cigarette burns and bite marks.
Doctors described the back of her head as a "boggy mass". Her scalp showed signs of infection.
Forensics officers found clumps of her hair in a wheelie bin outside the house.
Traces of her blood were left on her soiled clothes, on a pair of fur-lined handcuffs retrieved from the kitchen, and in "swipe marks" left by her hair on the living room wall.
Her body was covered from head to toe in more than 100 injuries, which police believe were inflicted in the last four weeks of her life.
Guilty: Wright and McKenzie-Seaton
Guilty: Wright and McKenzie-Seaton
Wright blamed Seaton for the injuries, accusing him of going into a rage because he did not have any cannabis.
The court heard he smoked up to £140 worth of skunk - a potent form of the drug - every week.
Seaton admitted biting Leticia but denied causing the fatal injuries.
He told the court he was never left to look after her alone.
In the months preceding the death, the little girl was seen standing as if in a "vigil" at her bedroom window.
The court heard two neighbours were so concerned that they rang social services.
Two social workers from Kirklees Council visited the house and met Leticia and her mother but days later her file was closed.
Wright and McKenzie-Seaton had denied the charges.