Leila Borrington, who filmed her three-year-old stepson Harvey Borrington as he lay dying from a brain injury, has been jailed for 15 years at Nottingham Crown Court for manslaughter, assault and causing grievous bodily harm. The 23-year-old of Main Road, Jacksdale, was found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm to Harvey – an arm fracture, and of one charge of assault, causing bodily harm – where she squeezed his cheeks.
At the time of the fatal injury at the couple’s Main Road, Jacksdale, home, Borrington was likely looking after the child alone while Harvey’s father was at work.
Harvey was rushed to King’s Mill Hospital in Sutton-in-Ashfield before being moved to Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham, where he died.
Diagnosis showed Harvey had sustained head trauma. Borrington was found guilty of manslaughter last month but was exonerated of murder by the jury.
Handing down the sentence, High Court judge Mr Justice Nicklin said the unlawful killing of Leila Borrington’s stepson Harvey Borrington, who had severe nonverbal autism, had a significant impact on his life.
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