Hutton jailed for 15 years
Amanda Hutton has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for the death of her son Hamzah Khan, whose body spent 2 years decomposing in her Bradford house.
Jail for 'wicked and devious' Hutton
Wiicked and devious - the words used by a judge to describe Amanda Hutton as he jailed her for 15 years for starving her son to death and keeping her other children in abject squalor. The alcoholic mother of eight was told she presented a danger to any child she lived with.
Her four and half year old son Hamzah was starved of food by Hutton who then kept his body in a cot in her bedroom for almost two years.
Tonight as she begins her jail sentence, it has been revealed that Bradford social services WERE warned by one of Hutton's neighbours about their concern for her children six months before Hamzah's body was found. Jon hill was at Bradford Crown Court.
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How did a boy starve to death in 21st century England?
Following the conviction of Amanda Hutton, questions are raised about how a four-year-old can starve to death in 21st century England.
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Mummified boy hidden in house of squalor for two years
For two years the mummified body of four-year-old Hamzah Khan lay hidden in his mother's squalid house.
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Key events leading to Hutton's guilty verdict
Here is a timeline featuring some of key events in the lives of Amanda Hutton and Hamzah Khan