Child killer must serve 16 years

A YOUNG Midland mother who made a sham 999 call several hours after murdering her two-year-old daughter has been ordered to serve at least 16 years in jail.

Cody-Anne Jackson, pictured, suffocated Macey Hogan in a “wicked and appalling” act after sending a photo to the child’s father with a chilling message which read: “Savour the last ever picture... Possibly see you in court.”

A trial at Stafford Crown Court was told Jackson, from Stoke-on- Trent, also wrote a suicide note before the killing, stating: “There’s nothing for me or Macey, life’s s**t.” Jurors heard that Jackson sent Macey’s father Paul Hogan a photo of Macey two days before she was found dead with the message: “Sorry, just thought you deserved one last picture and memory of her.” Student Jackson, 20, of Packett Street, Fenton, initially denied murder, but changed her plea partway through her trial. Sentencing her to life imprison- ment with a minimum term of 16 years and 114 days, Judge Michael Chambers QC, the Recorder of Stafford, said: “For a mother to kill her young child, who depends on her for protection above all others, is a wicked and appalling act.

“This is not a case where you suffered from mental illness.

“The clear inference is that you thought about killing yourself and decided to kill Macey as well to prevent her having a life without a mother.

“That was an expression of utter self-absorption.”