Jail for parents who neglected obese child

A MOTHER and father who killed their morbidly obese daughter with “shocking and prolonged neglect over lockdown” have been jailed after a judge said they lacked remorse.

Kaylea Titford, 16, was found in conditions described as “unfit for any animal”, in soiled clothing and bed linen, following her death at the family home in Newtown, Powys, in October 2020.

Sarah Lloyd-jones, 40, was imprisoned for six years while Alun Titford, 45, was told he would spend seven years and six months behind bars.

Lloyd-jones became “gradually overwhelmed” and unable to cope during the pandemic, her lawyer told Swansea Crown Court yesterday.

High Court Judge Mr Justice Griffiths said he accepted that “lockdown created unusual circumstances”. However, he said help would have been available in caring for their daughter had they requested it.

He also said neither defendant had “shown remorse that should count as significant mitigation”.

Kaylea, who had spina bifida and used a wheelchair, weighed 22st 13lb at the time of her death. The court heard that she had been discharged from physiotherapy and dietetics services and was last seen by a social worker at home in 2017.