AN alcoholic mother of eight who starved her four-year-old son to death and left his body in a cot for nearly two years has been jailed by a British court for 15 years.
Amanda Hutton, 43, was found guilty of the manslaughter of Hamzah Khan at Bradford Crown Court on Thursday and sentenced on Friday.
Hamzah's body was found in squalor at Hutton's home in Bradford in September 2011.
Hutton admitted neglecting five of her other children aged between five and 13, who were living in the terrible conditions.
Hutton showed no emotion as she was led from the dock.
Judge Roger Thomas QC told her the offences "demonstrate a most fundamental and serious breach of any duty that an individual in decent society can owe to others - namely the duty that a parent owes to her or his young children to take proper care of them".
The judge said the children were found in a situation that was "breathtakingly awful".
Judge Thomas said the manslaughter of Hamzah involved "failing to provide him with anything like adequate nourishment over a long period of time - in short you starved him to death".
In terms of the five child cruelty charges she admitted, the judge said that related to a period of nearly three years "when, on an ever declining scale, you failed your young children, causing them to live in quite appalling conditions of squalor which understandably shocked even the most seasoned police officers who attended your home in September 2011".
He recalled how an experienced pediatrician told the jury how her visit to Hutton's house after Hamzah's body was discovered was "the most extreme example of neglect" she had encountered in her career.
The judge said it was clear Hutton had an alcohol problem and that "you placed your own selfish addiction to drink well before your responsibilities to your many children."
Judge Thomas sentenced Hutton to 12 years in prison for manslaughter. He gave her a three-year sentence for child cruelty, which he said was to be served consecutive to the 12 years.
The judge said she should serve two-and-a-half years for preventing the lawful burial of Hamzah, but said this was to be served concurrently.
A charge of fraud relating to Hutton claiming child benefit for Hamzah after his death will lie on the file.
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