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Rebecca Kandare death: Parents jailed for malnourished baby killing Rebecca Kandare death: Parents jailed for malnourished baby killing
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The parents of a baby girl who refused their dying daughter urgent medical care because of their religious beliefs have been jailed.The parents of a baby girl who refused their dying daughter urgent medical care because of their religious beliefs have been jailed.
Brian Kandare, 30, and Precious Kandare, 42, of Wednesfield, West Midlands, admitted unlawfully killing eight-month-old daughter Rebecca.Brian Kandare, 30, and Precious Kandare, 42, of Wednesfield, West Midlands, admitted unlawfully killing eight-month-old daughter Rebecca.
Rebecca was malnourished and had one of the worst cases of rickets seen in a UK infant, Nottingham Crown Court heard.Rebecca was malnourished and had one of the worst cases of rickets seen in a UK infant, Nottingham Crown Court heard.
Kandare was jailed for nine and half years and his wife for eight years. Brian Kandare was jailed for nine and half years and his wife for eight.
Baby Rebecca died of pneumonia, as a result of malnourishment, after being taken to hospital on 6 January 2014. Baby Rebecca died of pneumonia as a result of malnourishment after being taken to hospital on 6 January 2014.
Prosecuting, Jonas Hankin QC said Rebecca was "significantly underweight and severely malnourished" and that she weighed about the same as a three-month-old when she died at the New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton.Prosecuting, Jonas Hankin QC said Rebecca was "significantly underweight and severely malnourished" and that she weighed about the same as a three-month-old when she died at the New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton.
The couple earlier denied murdering their daughter but admitted manslaughter as their trial was about to begin.
'Supernatural power''Supernatural power'
The couple attended the Apostolic Church of God in Wolverhampton which had strict views on modern healthcare. The pair attended the Apostolic Church of God in Wolverhampton which had strict views on modern healthcare.
Members of the congregation were encouraged to speak to the church's midwife with medical problems before seeking further help. Members of the 20-strong congregation, who held prayers in a converted garage in the garden of a house, were encouraged to speak to the church's midwife with medical problems before seeking further help.
They had handed over responsibility of the care of their sick daughter to a church midwife three days before she died, believing in her "supernatural healing powers, the court heard.
Members could also be excluded from certain church activities if they went to a doctor without permission, the court heard.Members could also be excluded from certain church activities if they went to a doctor without permission, the court heard.
The couple had earlier denied the murder of their daughter and admitted unlawful killing as the trial was about to begin. The Kandares handed over responsibility of the care of their sick daughter to a church midwife three days before she died, believing in her "supernatural healing powers", the court heard.
Mr Hankin said Rebecca's death was "a direct consequence of a prolonged course of wilful neglect" which involved failing to provide nutritious food and denying medical aid.
He told the court the "symptoms of wasting and malnutrition developed over time" and by early January the baby was feverish with a serious chest infection.
Despite "an obvious risk that she might die", the defendants denied her medical help.
"Her illness was treatable and her death was preventable," the barrister said.
The court also heard that when Rebecca died she weighed 11lb 9oz (5.24kg) and there was no trace of food or milk in her stomach.
She was also suffering the worst case of rickets one experts had seen in their 33-year medical career.
Mr Hankin said: "In prioritising their religion over their daughter's welfare, in breach of their duty to care for her, the defendants are guilty of the most serious abuse of trust."