A mother is jailed for 24 years for beating her child to death.
Kathryn Smith will be in jail for at least 24 years after her violent attack killed Ayeeshia Jane Smith (21 months old). The partner Matthew Rigby was given 3 year in jail for allowing Ayeeshia's death. The injuries that caused Ayeeshia's death were similar to the ones found in car crash victims (laceration to the heart). BBC news reports that the attack took place in the child's bedroom where she was beaten and she died later that day. Ayeeshia had suffered previous injuries which indicates that these attacks and violent outburst had been carried out a long time before this.
This is important story to be reported on because it was such a brutal attack on a vulnerable little girl. Also social services and other family members had noticed previous injuries so something could have been sooner to prevent the vicious attack. The parents of the girl were known to be drug users and people knew about Smith's violent outbursts. So did social services fail her?
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