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Connor Gordon

Glasgow toddler starved to death in 'grubby' room had thousands of head lice

A woman jailed for the horrific neglect of her toddler kept her in a "grubby" living room, a probe into the child's death has heard.

Margaret Wade, 41, and Marie Sweeney, 40, left Lauren Wade to starve to death at their filthy flat in Glasgow's Sighthill.

A judge heard how the two-year-old went without proper food or care for months and was riddled with thousands of head lice.

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