The heartbroken mum of a baby boy murdered by his foster mum has spoken of how he was taken away by social services after his birth against her will. Mum Laura Corkill had a room decorated for little Leiland-James Micheal Corkill and his name chosen out before his birth, which happened by emergency Caesarean four days before Christmas in 2019 at West Cumberland Hospital.
This room was now something of a shrine to Laura’s children, in particular, Leiland-James. Laura had been looking forward to taking her baby home when, 48 hours after he was born, he was taken away by a social worker who turned up at the hospital.
Speaking to the BBC, Laura said her world was “shattered” when her son was taken away. Over the course of 2020 Laura Corkill tried to get her son back, but days after his first birthday, the foster mum chosen by social workers murdered him.
