Woman who admitted neglect due to be sentenced in February

An Angus woman who previously admitted a toddler neglect charge will be sentenced on February 1.

The 23-year-old, who cannot be named, had been placed on a good behaviour deferral for six months after previously appearing in May.

She was spared jail and given the chance to rebuild her life.

The woman returned to Forfar Sheriff Court before Gregor Murray yesterday and sentence was further deferred for a social work report.

The charges took place in 2015 when the woman was 21 and her children were aged one and three.

She previously admitted to a charge brought under the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act of wilfully neglecting the two tots and exposing them in a manner likely to cause them unnecessary suffering or injury to their health.

She admitted having the children in a house with a maggot-infested cot and blood and faeces-stained carpets and walls. A knife was also found on the floor of the house and the older youngster was injured by an unguarded electric heater in a Boxing Day incident.

The woman had also admitted failing to provide a habitable and hygienic living environment for the youngsters by leaving rotten food and household waste within reach of them, failing to clean urine, faeces and blood from a carpet, faeces and flies from the walls and urine and faeces from bedding.

She also left mouldy clothing on the worktops and floor of the property.

Hazards including exposed electrical wiring and ripped carpets were also present.