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Kim Pilling, PA & Jasmine Norden

Mum left daughter with Down's syndrome to starve to death in maggot infested room

A mum who left her daughter with Down's syndrome to die alone in pain in her bedroom has been sent to jail for nine years and seven months.

Elaine Clarke, 49, pleaded guilty in December to gross negligence manslaughter after initially denying the crime.

Daughter Debbie Leitch, who used to live in Leeds, was found dead at the family home in Blackpool, Lancashire in August 2019.

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