Lauren Booth 'more bothered about her cannabis farm' than her dying son, Aaron.

[Marv]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ct-son-2-drinks-plant-food-cannabis-farm.html

A mother was today found guilty of child neglect after her two-year-old son died after drinking poisonous plant food she was using to grow cannabis.

Lauren Booth, 24, was cultivating the drug for 'extra cash' in her home in Huddersfield, using plant food commonly used in hydroponic growing.

Bradford Crown Court heard she was asleep when her son Aaron drank the toxic liquid just after midday on November 6, 2010.

Booth denied wilfully ill-treating or neglecting her son but was found guilty by a jury after two hours of deliberations.

She was granted bail while reports are carried out into her background and she will be sentenced on April 16.

The jury was told Aaron had not been fed and was probably extremely hungry and thirsty when he drank the plant food.
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Aaron died 11 days later at Leeds General Infirmary after his windpipe disintegrated. He had suffered several other injuries, including burns to his stomach, pancreas and spleen.

The court heard that Booth and her partner were awoken by a loud thud at around 12.40pm on November 6, to find Aaron lying down with a brown mouth and lips.

Booth’s partner, who spent a lot of time at the house, ran across the road to borrow a telephone to call the emergency services.

By the time paramedics arrived, Aaron’s mouth and lips were purple and he was foaming at the mouth.
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The court heard that Aaron’s father, Mohammed Khan, who was no longer in a relationship with the boy’s mother, did not know his son was in hospital until November 14, after a friend told him.

That day he went to the LGI where Booth seemed more concerned about having to move her cannabis plants than her son’s condition, according to the prosecutor.

Mr Storey said: 'She told him that she and her partner had been trying to make some money by growing skunk in the house, almost seeming annoyed by the involvement of the police because they were going to have to find somewhere else to grow the skunk, seemingly not bothered about her son.'
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The blue plant food bottle could have been mistaken by Aaron as the soft drink Fruit Shoot, according to Mr Storey.

But it contained a highly toxic concentration of chemicals that would have been a fatal dose.
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The prosecutor said that Booth’s partner could have had time to remove any trace of cannabis from the house in the time between going to hospital with Aaron and police searching the home later that evening, as he did not stay in hospital for long.

Mr Storey said police found a cluttered house but Aaron’s room was empty, with black curtains and an open window on a cold November night.

Aaron

Lauren

 

[Marv]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18250959

A mother whose two-year-old son died "a prolonged and horrible death" after drinking poisonous plant food has been given a suspended sentence.

Lauren Booth, 24, was growing cannabis in Huddersfield and was asleep when her son Aaron drank the toxic liquid.

Aaron had not been fed and was probably extremely hungry and thirsty, Bradford Crown Court heard.

Booth was sentenced to 12 months suspended for two years for neglect and given a two-year supervision order.

Booth will also have to prove she is an adequate parent, the court ordered.

Judge Colin Burn described the toddler's death as terrible as he sentenced Booth.

"Aaron's death was, on the evidence, a prolonged and frankly horrible one. And it was preventable," he said.
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Aaron died 11 days later, his windpipe had disintegrated and he had severe burns to his lips, tongue, stomach and pancreas, the court heard.

The court was also told that just two tea spoons of the liquid would have been lethal.

 

[LeaveMeBe]

"Booth will also have to prove she is an adequate parent, the court ordered."

WTF? That's going to be kinda hard to do when her kid is DEAD! And the fact that he is DEAD due to her own selfishness and stupidity and neglect kinda proves that she isn't fit.

 

[Marv]

Yep, that face has 'remorse' written ALL over it. I can't remember ever wanting to slap the smirk of someone's face as much as I want to slap it off hers.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...aking-mothers-poisonous-plant-food-drink.html

Judge Burn said Booth was a loving mother to Aaron and tried her best to look after him but made some poor judgments.

'Most parents do, from time to time, make some poor judgments in respect of their children. The unfortunate aspect of this case is on 6 November your poor judgment had fatal consequences,' he said.

'You will have to live with his death long after any sentence from this court has been served.'

Judge Burn said an immediate prison sentence would not benefit the public or Booth, who has since had another child.

He said reports showed that she did not pose any risk to her children and rehabilitation would help her to become a 'proper, appropriate, satisfactory, at least adequate parent in the future'.

The judge said the maximum suspended sentence he could pass was one of 12 months but said he would suspend it for the maximum period of two years, during which time Booth would be under supervision.

 

[Obsolete]

"Booth will also have to prove she is an adequate parent, the court ordered."

WTF? That's going to be kinda hard to do when her kid is DEAD! And the fact that he is DEAD due to her own selfishness and stupidity and neglect kinda proves that she isn't fit.

They mean in order to keep custody of her other child...which she shouldn't fucking have custody of until she can prove she's a fit parent.

 

[biteme]

I really hate your courts, your legal system stinks, seems all they're concerned about is keeping the jails empty
lot cheaper to let the criminals feed on the week and innocent just disgusting

 

[Marv]

[MENTION=2383]biteme[/MENTION], it makes me feel physically sick when I read some of the 'sentences' (or rather the lack of) handed out by our judges. It's so frustrating that so many get away with just a slap on the wrist. I just want to scream at the judges and ask them WTF is going through their minds when they hand out these sentences. Two guys who posted calls to riot on FB during last summers riots got 4yrs, but people on trial for beating/neglecting/breaking/killing babies and children walk free with just a pathetic suspended sentence. It's fucking laughable.

 

[LeaveMeBe]

They mean in order to keep custody of her other child...which she shouldn't fucking have custody of until she can prove she's a fit parent.

Ah. I didn't realize she had another child. Poor kid. Thanks for clarifying.

 

[AngelFire]

I hope she upgrades to a more dangerous drug and kills herself. There, I said it. She needs to be plant food after failing her baby

 

[DamagedGoods]

Oh look, a judge doing the exact same thing I was ranting about on Marv's other thread. JFC.

Judge Burn said Booth was a loving mother to Aaron and tried her best to look after him but made some poor judgments.

How the hell was this said with a straight face?

Do they make the judges take ecstasy before making decisions in the UK?

 

[LadyCygnet]

I can't believe she's even getting a chance to get her surviving child back. Who was supposed to be watching her children while she was sleeping, and why did she have poisonous products where her children could get to them? Why was the child so hungry and thirsty that he drank the plant food?

I'd also like to smack the happy look off of her face, but I'd probably get a stiffer sentence than she did.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Aaron