Isabella Wheildon, age 2, allegedly murdered by mother and partner. Ipswich - UK

[Kimmyc]

A two year old girl was likely kicked or stamped to death. Murder trial is underway and expected to last 6 to 8 weeks.

This is a very sad case, the little girl was found because a woman received a Facebook message from “a friend of hers” (the mum) saying she had died in her sleep three days before and was in her pushchair in the bathroom. Police then attended and found the body.

Girl, two, was subjected to 'regime of escalating brutality'

Ipswich Crown Court was told how Scott Jeff, 24, carried out 'callous, cruel and ultimately fatal' assaults on two-year-old Isabella Wheildon, leaving her with multiple fractures and soft tissue injuries.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Ipswich mum admits to causing or allowing death of daughter - BBC News

Chelsea Gleason-Mitchell, 24, denies murdering her child but admits being responsible for her death.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[LadyL]

while reading that, I kept wanting to quit cause it's just too much
poor baby I'm so sorry your own mother didn't even try to save you

 

[JerricaBenton]

This is awful!

 

[bobbymkii]

Ipswich murder trial: Mum said child had bruises and 'we will get done'

Chelsea Gleason-Mitchell told a friend she could not call police due to injuries, jurors hear.

www.bbc.co.uk

Jurors heard in a subsequent conversation between the pair, Gleason-Mitchell "told me that Isabella was dead".

In a message read to the court, Gleason-Mitchell said: "We can't call police as she developed bruises, and we will get done for it."

[...]

Gleason-Mitchell sent a series of voice notes, with one saying: "We literally can't go to the police because she's covered in bruises."

In a further message, Gleason-Mitchell told Miss Gardner: "I feel like we're just going to bury her and hope for the best."

Miss Gardner said Gleason-Mitchell asked her to delete the messages and gave the "impression the police were there".

Well I can see why she pleaded guilty to the lesser charges, those messages to her friend leave her bang to rights!

This case has only just entered my radar, do we know what their defences are? I'm guessing they're going to blame each other?

MOO

 

[Sweeper2000]

They don't have a defence other than that they could not control themselves. Let them burn.

 

[MadeleineMaxwell]

Awful, just awful

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Horrifying. I hope justice is served.

 

[Smccat]

Sickening. Really sickening. Poor darling Isabella.

 

[dotr]

Toddler found dead in a pushchair in a bathroom had suffered ‘cruel’ abuse

Chelsea Gleason-Mitchell is accused of allowing her boyfriend Scott Jeff to abuse her daughter

www.independent.co.uk

''Two-year-old Isabella was also found with cocaine in her system, having been subjected to extensive injuries which likely involved “kicking or stamping”.

 

[bobbymkii]

I don't think we have to wonder too hard about why Isabella had drugs in her system when her body was examined:

Body of girl, 2, 'wheeled around for days after being killed by mum and partner'

Little Isabella Wheildon died after being subjected to ‘a regime of escalating brutality’, jurors heard.

metro.co.uk

 

[AcerPacer]

These 2 had only been in a relationship for 4 weeks!! 4 short weeks and she'd introduced him to her precious daughter and he must have started the abuse almost immediately as some wounds were healing! That poor darling girl!

 

[jackal67]

while reading that, I kept wanting to quit cause it's just too much
poor baby I'm so sorry your own mother didn't even try to save you

Mother was a nursery nurse !! Hope they both get jailed for life and never be allowed parole

 

[MadeleineMaxwell]

Ipswich baby murder trial: Couple 'brushed off' concerns

The defendants were urged to "put the little one first" by staff when they visited a bar, a jury hears.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[MadeleineMaxwell]

Murder accused were worried toddler would be taken away from them before her death, court hears

A couple accused of murdering a two-year-old girl were concerned the child would be taken away from them, a murder trial has heard.

www.suffolknews.co.uk

 

[bobbymkii]

Unbelievable:

Questioned by prosecutors on whether she was prepared to sacrifice her daughter to stay with Jeff and build a life with him, even though she could see Isabella's injuries were worsening each day, she answered: "Yes."

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2024-11-06/mum-admits-she-sacrificed-daughter-for-future-with-abusive-partner

 

[Parker Knoll]

Abysmal … poor little girl.
My heart hurts.

 

[Smccat]

Abysmal … poor little girl.
My heart hurts.

Mine too. What a feckless response.

 

[MadeleineMaxwell]

That poor girl deserved so much better.

 

[bobbymkii]

Oh jeez it gets worse:

The defendant explained she did not leave her co-accused boyfriend because she did not want to admit he was a poor partner.

The court heard her family had warned her not to re-kindle a relationship with Jeff, as she had previously been with him in 2019.

Prosecutor Sally Howes KC said Gleason-Mitchell’s family had “pleaded” with her to leave Jeff and her mother had offered to let her stay with Isabella but these pleas had been ignored.

“If I went back, they would tell me ‘I told you so’ because of what he was like in 2019,” said Gleason-Mitchell.

Ms Howes continued: “So rather than be proved wrong you decided to stick it out and keep Isabella in that environment?”

“Yes” replied Gleason-Mitchell.

'Do you want me to stab you?': Video shown of murder accused threatening toddler

Chelsea Gleason-Mitchell was cross examined further during the ongoing trial into the death of Isabella Wheildon in Ipswich last year.

www.ipswichstar.co.uk

 

[bobbymkii]

I’m just flabbergasted by this girl. I’m sure all of us have made mistakes and bad judgements in our lives, I’m quite prone to them. I can however, very safely say that I would never risk the life of a child and years (if not life) in prison… in order to avoid my family saying “I told you so” to me.

Bonkers.

JMO