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Kali Lindsay

County Durham woman who forced children to eat soap and locked them in cupboards jailed

A woman who abused children has been jailed for 15 years.

Cheryl Pickles subjected the children to prolonged physical and emotional abuse over the course of several years, together with her partner, Andrew Hadwin.

The pair were convicted of several counts of child neglect and perverting the course of justice following a seven-week trial which ended in January this year.

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