Kaylea Titford: Jail terms increased for neglected teen's parents
Two parents who left their morbidly obese 16-year-old daughter to die in squalor have had their sentences for neglect increased.and jailed for seven years and six months.The Court of Appeal has reviewed the sentences and increased them to 10 years and eight years respectively.
Kaylea had spina bifida, which left her with little feeling from the waist down and limited her mobility, and had used a wheelchair from a young age.Her hair was dirty and matted and she was unwashed with ulcerated skin. William Emlyn Jones KC, representing the attorney general's office, said: "By virtue of the combination of the duration of the neglect, the nature of the victim's prolonged suffering, the extent of the victim's vulnerability and absolute dependence on her parents for care, and ultimately, the appalling conditions in which she was left to live and ultimately die, this is an offence which falls into the definition of extreme".
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