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Warning: some of the details are pretty grim.
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ETA: I see I've spelled 'weighing' wrong but I can't seem to edit the title.
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THE remains of a baby boy were found in a bag at Leeds house where a malnourished 18-year-old man died in squalid conditions after being left to "rot to death" by his mother, sister and grandmother, a jury was told.
Leeds Crown Court heard teenager Jordan Burling was "skin and bone" and weighed less than six stones when paramedics found him lying on a filthy inflatable mattress, covered in pressure sores in the living room at at the house in Farnley in June 2016.
Prosecutor Nicholas Lumley QC, said Mr Burling died as a result of malnutrition, immobility and infection-riddled sores after being "allowed to decay" for several weeks before his death.
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His mother Dawn Cranston, 45; grandmother Denise Cranston, 70; and sister Abigail Burling, 25, are on trial accused of manslaughter and an alternative charge causing or allowing the death of a vulnerable adult. They deny all the charges.
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"The expert dietitian said they had never seen such malnutrition in 26 years and likened the condition of the body to that found in WWII extermination camps. "His heart stopped, his life could not be saved; he expired in that living room. "For reasons which may never be understood, Jordan had been allowed to decay, to rot to death, by those closest to him for at least several weeks. "There was no other reason for his death, no natural or other illness, apart from the conditions created for him by the accused."
Read more at: Teenager in soiled nappy left to "rot to death" at Leeds house where baby boy's remains found, manslaughter trial told
Jurors were told paramedics spent almost an hour trying to save Jordan but he died from acute bronchopneumonia, which was a result of his immobility and infection-riddled bed sores.
Bridget Shepherd, from the Yorkshire Ambulance Service, told the court he was "very, very pale and very emaciated" when she arrived at the home on June 30, 2016.
She also said Dawn and Denise Cranston showed "no emotion" when he went into cardiac arrest just minutes after paramedics arrived.
Ms Shepherd explained the gran was watching TV when ambulance crews showed up, while the mum was "calm" in the kitchen as her son "gasped for breath".
Dawn Cranston wept in the dock as jurors were also played a recording of a 999 call she made before paramedics arrived at her home.
She could be heard saying: "I will have to tell work I won't be in. It will be a blessing, that."
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The court heard the dead baby had grown to full term in the womb but it could not be established if he was born dead or alive.
Mr Lumley added: "Within what would have been Jordan's bedroom, officers found a small rucksack, within which were plastic bags inside plastic bags.
"As the police handled the rucksack, a rancid smelling liquid began to seep from the layers of bags.
"Amongst the liquid were tiny bones, all that remained of a baby boy."
Jordan Burling, 18, was found dead by medics weighing just six stone and wearing a soiled nappy with the decomposed body of his baby brother was found in a rucksack nearby
ETA: I see I've spelled 'weighing' wrong but I can't seem to edit the title.