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Heroin addict mother convicted of fatally
neglecting young asthma-suffering son
2017








[Hakeem Hussain had suffered from
asthma since the age of three,
exacerbated by his mother's drug habit
The mother of a boy found dead in a
freezing garden after an asthma attack
has been found guilty of manslaughter.
Jurors were told Laura Heath "prioritised" her
drug addiction over caring for Hakeem Hussain.

The court heard Heath had even repurposed
one of the seven-year-old's inhalers
as a makeshift crack pipe.

The 40-year-old was found guilty
of manslaughter by gross negligence
over Hakeem's death in Nechells,
Birmingham, in November 2017.]


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...ngham-61165786