of tens of thousands of people stuck in mariupol. the french presidential election campaign has concluded and voters now have a day to reflect on the competing claims of the two remaining candidates, emmanuel macron and marine le pen. voting is on sunday in an election which is being closely monitored across the european union and beyond. a woman has been found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter following the death of her 7 year old son. hakeem hussein was found dead in a garden in birmingham in november 2017. he was severely asthmatic and coventry crown court was told he was left alone without his inhaler. our midlands correspondent phil mackie reports. hakeem hussein was a frail young boy who died because his mother cared more about getting her next fix than looking after him. laura heath smoked heroin and crack cocaine. her addiction had spiralled out of control in the months before he died. she even used her son s inhaler as a makeshift crack pipe. they lived in squa
Of tens of thousands of people stuck in mariupol. the french presidential election campaign has concluded and voters now have a day to reflect on the competing claims of the two remaining candidates, emmanuel macron and marine le pen. voting is on sunday in an election which is being closely monitored across the european union and beyond. a woman has been found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter following the death of her 7 year old son. hakeem hussein was found dead in a garden in birmingham in november 2017. he was severely asthmatic and coventry crown court was told he was left alone without his inhaler. our midlands correspondent phil mackie reports. hakeem hussein was a frail young boy who died because his mother cared more about getting her next fix than looking after him. laura heath smoked heroin and crack cocaine.
Her addiction had spiralled out of control in the months before he died. she even used her son s inhaler as a makeshift crack pipe. they lived in squalor. their lives were chaotic. on the night he lost his life, hakeem had a severe asthma attack, went outside for some air, but collapsed and died. his mother couldn t help because she d passed out after taking drugs, but later, she wrote her dead son a letter in which she appeared to blame him for not waking her up. evidence showed that he was simply neglected. his mum prioritised her drug use over him. hakeem wasn tjust failed by his mother, but also by the agencies who were responsible for him. they d had plenty of warnings over a period of two years that culminated in a meeting on a friday afternoon at which a nurse said if he wasn t taken into care immediately, he would die. no action was taken.
Sentenced next week. hakeem hussein was a frail young boy who died because his mother cared more about getting her next fix than looking after him. laura heath smoked heroin and crack cocaine. her addiction had spiralled out of control in the months before he died. she even used her son s inhaler as a makeshift crack pipe. they lived in squalor. their lives were chaotic. on the night he lost his life, hakeem had a severe asthma attack, but his mother couldn t help because she had passed out after taking drugs. it s thought he went out for some air but collapsed and died. his body was found by a neighbour. this is a seven year old boy, hakeem hussein, who died of something that was preventable, which was an asthma attack. and through the trial, the evidence showed that he was simply neglected. his mum prioritised her drug use over him.