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Hull Parents Jailed for Deliberate Neglect After Baby Suffers Four Leg Fractures

The judge said the baby's injuries were extremely unlikely to come from normal handling.

Overview

  • Georgia Newbold was sentenced to two and a half years in prison and Kristjan Brawley received two years and 10 months at Hull Crown Court.
  • A jury convicted both parents of child cruelty on December 9 following a trial.
  • Prosecutors said the infant sustained fractures to the left femur, right tibia and two areas of the left shin over roughly six weeks.
  • The couple failed to obtain medical care and, according to the prosecution, skipped a routine GP immunisation appointment to avoid detection by clinicians.
  • Brawley told police he accidentally sat on the child and grabbed a leg during a fall, but the court found deliberate neglect, noted no evidence of lasting harm and allowed identification of the parents and the fact the victim was an infant.