The woman was found guilty of infanticide of she is 10 weeks old daughter after social the workers released her home from the hospital, despite the warnings of the medical staff over her ability take care for child.
Lauren St. George, 25 years old. facing life in prison after daughter Lily-May George died of a serious head injury as well as also received 18 broken ribs, two broken legs and severe bruising.
babyÑ… father25-year-old Darren Harrell murder charge dismissed by judge but convicted of brutality and faces up up to 10 years in jail.
Lily May was born prematurely in November 2017, and has been retained in Barnet Hospital, North London, where the staff was located. concerned about the lack of connection between mother as well as baby.
The jury heard that four days after the birth, Saint George refused to visit her. daughter on department, telling the staff that she busy supper.
When she finally agreed to come, the midwives were horrified to see her standing. with her back to baby. Her parents fed themselves before feeding Lily May.
St. George and Harrell were homeless and the staff tried to stop them from taking Lily-Mai out of the hospital, believing they were incapable. of take care of her.
mother told the staff that she hated the sounds of Lily Mai. made as well as wished she would cry instead of moan”.
Prosecutor Sally O’Neill QC told the Old Bailey jury: “Almost all of The hospital staff were against baby thrown out by parents take care of home and expressed concern about parents’ ability meet baby’s emotional needs, developmental needs and physical needs on many reasons for social Services.”
The three directions were made hospital staff for social services expressing concern while Lily Mai was still in hospital.
Alicia Jack, former social Services manager in Anfield council, dissolved first one like there was no information” on them system family was reported to the court.
She investigated and decided that no further action was taken regarding second direction and rejected the third direction as parents moved and their business became a responsibility of Haring Council.
Sithembile Jingai area manager who was involved in discussions about caring for Lily-May, said: “There was no reliable discharge plan to protect Lily-May.
“In 12 years of working as a health visitor, I have never had such a feeling of anxiety about the case, as I worried about Lily-May’s discharge.”
At the beginning of January 2018 parents housing was provided in Belmont Road, North London, and two months later in Lily-May hospital was discharged into the care of a couple on The 25th of January.
A responsibility for The Lily-May case was accepted over Haringey Social Services, the same highly criticized body for its shortcomings in the notorious child abuse cases of Baby P and Victoria Climbié.
Lily May died at Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital. on February 2 after parents found her indifference to them home two days earlier.
Details of what happened during lily-may final weeks have been studied in great details during the trial, mainly due to testimony obtained from health and social workers.
Teresa Ferguson two years ago qualified social worker, Lily-May’s case was singled out, her first of this scale on January 12, 2018 At the time, she said she had 36 open evaluations and 41 distributed cases.
She told the court that she was given the case because more senior member of in team couldn’t take on Any more work.
Ms. Ferguson attended the meeting to discuss Lily-May’s discharge and care. on January 16 at Barnet Hospital.
Midwife Marie Creighton said that social the worker had a “generally disinterested attitude” when she first attended the meeting, adding, “I remember her… in with miserable look on her face.
“She said she was at Lauren and Darren’s apartment and everything was fine and she didn’t understand why she was called into the meeting asking ‘why are we discussing her at all?’ She displayed a generally disinterested attitude.”
Miss Creighton has gone on say that Ms. Ferguson’s attitude changed how the hospital staff explained their concerns.
Ms. Ferguson attended the next discharge planning meeting. on January 22 and two days later made direction for “legal meeting at the gate.”
The day after taking this first step to intervene in Caring for Lily-May, Miss Ferguson has gone on annual leave. she left for four days on day of the baby statement on The 25th of January.
Ms Ferguson told the court she didn’t think it was proposed plans protect Lily Mai when she is discharged, protect her.
She said: “I was very worried that she would leave. home. I was told that with there were conversations with the management and there was no consideration for accommodation for that moment, and Lily-May will return home.”
Duty social worker Muriel Cabosta was entrusted with the case in meanwhile visited family on January 26th. She said that she left feeling like there was no enlarged baby protection questions, but noted that parents did not follow the schedule of feeding and taking medications.
there were no visits made on January 27, 28 or 29.
January 29 at family went to a Darren Harrell concert support laborer Anthony Monbelli, and he described Harrell as “a very proud father” and “loving parent” compared with saint George who he said he “didn’t interfere or hardly interfered” with in baby.
January 30, on Returning from her annual leave, Ms. Ferguson visited parents.
Prosecutor Ms O’Neill told jurors: “Lily-May’s skin had a mottled appearance and although Darren Harrell told Ms Ferguson they were told to look out for hospital, which included baby a pale appearance develops. He explained this by saying that baby had a marbled complexion.
Albert Nyantaki’s patronage also visited that day and said that Saint George was “on bed” for whole of her visit, not “fully occupied”. She felt that Harrell was main the nurse saw him give Lily May hugs and kisses.
The patronage nurse expressed “serious concerns” to Ms Ferguson after her visit, but she assured him that threshold for baby care protection the plan was met and a lawsuit was started.
social employee visited family again in next day, January 31, to report parents what they will need move to an apartment block, otherwise Lily-Mai could be taken from them. Residential accommodation meant that professionals could watch parents take care of in baby.
Ms Ferguson said St. George was ‘very depressed’ on after listening to the proposed plan, and said to her: “You want take her just take it, it’s all right.” But Harrell was ready to enter the housing block.
Ms. Ferguson said: “I had a pretty lengthy conversation. with Darren get ready clear that he shouldn’t have left Lily May with Lauren.
“He felt he could call police if he needs to and there will be options where he could go to stay if he needed. I was confident that Darren would be able to protect Lily Mai.”
four or five hours St. George later called 999 to say that her baby stopped breathing. Lily May died two days later.
St. George told the police she tried to be good motherbut suffered from depression. She said she never shook or hurt Lily Mai.
Harrell said baby the injury could be caused random: bump in bath, sudden push in her stroller on bus or when he grabbed her leg to keep her from falling off bed.
No one of they testified in court. They will be sentenced later.
