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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Chiara Giordano

Leiland-James Corkill: Foster mother who shook baby to death filmed pulling faces as distressed child cries

Cumbria Police/SWNS

A foster mother who shook to death a baby she was hoping to adopt videoed herself pulling faces while a child lay crying in a hospital bed, it has emerged.

Laura Castle, 38, was found guilty of murdering 13-month-old Leiland-James Corkill last week after a court heard she had “leathered” the child, who suffered fatal head injuries.

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