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Abigail O'Leary

Drug addict mum who let asthmatic son, 7, die alone in house of horrors jailed

A drug addict mum who kicked her neglected son, seven, out of bed to have sex with clients has been jailed.

Heroin addict Laura Heath was handed a 20 year sentence at Coventry Crown Court for the gross negligence manslaughter of her asthmatic seven-year-old son Hakeem Hussain, who was found dead in a garden in Birmingham in 2017.

The youngster was made to live in squalor in the final months of his life, and was forced to sleep on the sofa as his mum commandeered the bed for sex work.

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