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| Stepfather of Ayeeshia Jane Smith found guilty over toddler's death | Stepfather of Ayeeshia Jane Smith found guilty over toddler's death |
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| A stepfather has been found guilty of causing or allowing the death of a “happy and smiley” 21-month-old toddler at the family home. | A stepfather has been found guilty of causing or allowing the death of a “happy and smiley” 21-month-old toddler at the family home. |
| Matthew Rigby, 22, was unanimously convicted by Birmingham crown court jury on Friday in connection with the death of Ayeeshia Jane Smith at a flat where he lived with the girl’s mother in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, on 1 May 2014. | |
| However, he was cleared of murdering the child, whom prosecutors said had been stamped to death, and of cruelty to a child under 16. | However, he was cleared of murdering the child, whom prosecutors said had been stamped to death, and of cruelty to a child under 16. |
| The toddler’s mother, Kathryn Smith, 23, has also been found guilty of cruelty to a child. | |
| The jury is deliberating on a charges against Smith of murder and whether she caused or allowed Ayeeshia’s death. | |
| Ayeeshia, known as AJ, suffered a fatal collapse at the flat just over three weeks after Derbyshire social services had discussed taking the child into care because of concerns that she was a victim of domestic abuse, the court had heard. |