A monster who murdered a one-year-old baby she wanted to adopt has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 18 years.
Laura Castle was found guilty of murdering 13-month-old Leiland-James Corkill last week after a court was told she had 'leathered' the child who suffered fatal head injuries. The toddler had been placed in the care of Laura Castle and her husband, Scott Castle, 35, in August 2020.
But five months later, on January 6, 2021, paramedics found the tot unresponsive and floppy when they attended the couple’s home in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Leiland-James died the following day after doctors found that his heart wasn’t beating and he had a head injury, which Laura Castle said he sustained by falling from a sofa.
