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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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John Siddle & Christine Challand

Mum who killed three-year-old boy visited in prison by his dad and their little girl

A mum who killed her stepson has been visited in jail by the lad’s dad and the couple’s girl aged three.

This week Leila Borrington, 23, received 15 years for the manslaughter of autistic Harvey Borrington, also three, who died after being slapped many times around the head.

She filmed him as he lay dying of brain injuries and delayed dialling 999. A court heard how she messaged Harvey’s dad Jonathan Borrington, 33, saying: “Why does this happen to me?”

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