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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Payne

Foster carer jailed for murdering young girl she was trying to adopt

A foster carer has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 17 years after murdering a one-year-old child she was in the process of adopting.

Katie Tidmarsh was found guilty at Leicester Crown Court on Thursday of killing Ruby Thompson more than a decade ago after catastrophic brain damage led to her death in 2012.

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