{"id":20690,"date":"2021-12-15T11:09:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T16:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=20690"},"modified":"2021-12-15T11:10:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T16:10:22","slug":"star-hobson-murder-savannah-brockhill-jailed-for-25-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/12\/15\/star-hobson-murder-savannah-brockhill-jailed-for-25-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Hobson murder: Savannah Brockhill jailed for 25 years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A woman who murdered her partner’s 16-month-old daughter has been jailed for a minimum of 25 years.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Savannah Brockhill caused “catastrophic” injuries to Star Hobson, whose mother Frankie Smith was sentenced to eight years for causing or allowing the toddler’s death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Judge Mrs Justice Lambert said Star’s “short life was marked by neglect, cruelty and injury”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Family members spoke of their “devastating loss” prior to sentencing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sentencing Brockhill, Mrs Justice Lambert said she had “shown no remorse” for Star’s killing, which she had denied.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The judge told Smith she had played “a significant role” in her child’s death and said: “This is something you have to live with for the rest of your life.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She told the pair they had “both behaved in a cruel and callous way” towards the toddler.<\/p>\n

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Star Hobson suffered a cardiac arrest and died in Airedale General Hospital on 22 September 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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During the Bradford Crown Court hearing, Star’s paternal grandfather Bernard Hobson read an emotional victim impact statement describing the effect of the murder on her family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He paused numerous times as he told the court their lives had been “forever blighted” by the loss of their “beautiful baby girl”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The judge also paid tribute to Smith’s friend Hollie Jones, who was the first person to raise concerns to social services and had “tried to protect Star”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She further thanked members of Star’s family for the care they provided during her short life.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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