A Fatal Accident Inquiry is to be held into the death of Glasgow toddler starved by her parents in a hellish flat.
The horrific chain of events that led to the tragedy will be examined by a sheriff seven years after little Lauren Wade was found emaciated and covered in lice at the rubbish strewn Sighthill home. She died in 30 minutes after being admitted to hospital.
The two-year-old had no obvious sign of injury, but was so thin her shoulders and backbone were visible through her skin, the palms of her hands and feet were black and her baby teeth decaying.
A toxicology report after her death found diazepam and alcohol in her tiny body.
Her biological mother Margaret Wade and her partner of 14 years Marie Sweeney were eventually convicted of the wilful ill-treatment and neglect of their daughter, and each jailed for six years in 2019.
The hearing scheduled to take place this summer and is expected to hear from multiple witnesses involved in the case that shocked the city.
The neglect of the toddler and two other children led to a Significant Case Review looking at how the health and social care agencies dealt with Lauren and her parents.
This later found that Wade and Sweeney were uniquely cruel and "devious" and avoided what they saw as "interference" from outside agencies such as health visitors and social workers.
It also highlighted a lack of "professional curiosity" from those charged with protecting the three year old.
The review also found that a large number of professionals dealing with the family did not push hard enough to see evidence of improvement in the family's circumstances after concerns were raised.
A police officer who attended the scene on the day Lauren died described the house as "uninhabitable" with rubbish piled so high in the kitchen he couldn't get in.
The Fatal Accident Inquiry is expected to begin at at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Monday, July 11, with preliminary hearing scheduled to take place on Friday, May 6.
