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Man guilty of murdering toddler found in bathroom | Man guilty of murdering toddler found in bathroom |
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Isabella's body was found with "traumatic injuries", the trial heard | Isabella's body was found with "traumatic injuries", the trial heard |
A man has been found guilty of murdering a toddler whose body was left in a locked bathroom. | A man has been found guilty of murdering a toddler whose body was left in a locked bathroom. |
Scott Jeff, 24, had been in the life of Isabella Rose Wheildon for just 36 days before her body was found on 30 June last year. | |
The court heard Jeff and Isabella's mother, Chelsea Gleason-Mitchell, 24, had moved her body around in pushchair at a temporary housing unit in Sidegate Lane, Ipswich. | |
Jeff was found guilty of murder, while Gleason-Mitchell was found not guilty of murder, but she admitted causing or allowing the death of a child. | Jeff was found guilty of murder, while Gleason-Mitchell was found not guilty of murder, but she admitted causing or allowing the death of a child. |
Jeff and Gleason-Mitchell, previously from Bedfordshire, denied murder and were standing trial. | |
The pair had arrived at the temporary housing in Ipswich on 19 June, 11 days before Isabella's body was found. | |
Ipswich Crown Court heard Gleason-Mitchell had told a friend that her daughter was dead, and that she had been in her pushchair for three days and was "going to start to smell". | |
The couple had been on a night out the day before they were arrested | The couple had been on a night out the day before they were arrested |
Gleason-Mitchell, of no fixed address, also previously admitted cruelty to a child in relation to cocaine, and cruelty to a child in relation to cannabis. | Gleason-Mitchell, of no fixed address, also previously admitted cruelty to a child in relation to cocaine, and cruelty to a child in relation to cannabis. |
Jeff, also of no fixed address, was also found guilty of causing or allowing the death of a child, cruelty to a child in relation to cocaine, and cruelty to a child in relation to cannabis. | Jeff, also of no fixed address, was also found guilty of causing or allowing the death of a child, cruelty to a child in relation to cocaine, and cruelty to a child in relation to cannabis. |
Prior to living in Ipswich, the trial heard the couple had left the Biggleswade area of Bedfordshire and had lived in hotels in Norfolk, and in a tent on the beach in Caister, in order to get away from Isabella's father Thomas Wheildon. | Prior to living in Ipswich, the trial heard the couple had left the Biggleswade area of Bedfordshire and had lived in hotels in Norfolk, and in a tent on the beach in Caister, in order to get away from Isabella's father Thomas Wheildon. |
Isabella's body was found under a pile of blankets with "traumatic injuries" by a police officer. | Isabella's body was found under a pile of blankets with "traumatic injuries" by a police officer. |
The trial, which began on 8 October, heard from expert witnesses that she had suffered "crash-like" injuries including broken and shattered bones. | The trial, which began on 8 October, heard from expert witnesses that she had suffered "crash-like" injuries including broken and shattered bones. |
Gleason-Mitchell and Jeff were arrested a day after the discovery of Isabella's body, and the court heard the pair were picked up by police having had a night out at the Corn Exchange pub in Bury St Edmunds. | Gleason-Mitchell and Jeff were arrested a day after the discovery of Isabella's body, and the court heard the pair were picked up by police having had a night out at the Corn Exchange pub in Bury St Edmunds. |
Members of Isabella's family sobbed in the public gallery as they learned of what happened to her in that time. | Members of Isabella's family sobbed in the public gallery as they learned of what happened to her in that time. |
Sentencing is due on 13 December. | Sentencing is due on 13 December. |
The judge Mr Justice Garnham addressed Jeff and said: “I am obliged by law to impose a life sentence on you; I will have to fix a minimum term for you to serve." | The judge Mr Justice Garnham addressed Jeff and said: “I am obliged by law to impose a life sentence on you; I will have to fix a minimum term for you to serve." |