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| Mother guilty of home alone death | Mother guilty of home alone death |
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| A mother has been found guilty of causing or allowing the death of her 22-month-old daughter who died in a house fire after being left alone. | A mother has been found guilty of causing or allowing the death of her 22-month-old daughter who died in a house fire after being left alone. |
| Michelle Brown, 37, of Hillfields, Coventry, was also found guilty at Coventry Crown Court of perverting the course of justice. | Michelle Brown, 37, of Hillfields, Coventry, was also found guilty at Coventry Crown Court of perverting the course of justice. |
| Jodie Ann Brown died from smoke inhalation after an electrical fire broke out at her home on 15 July. | |
| Her mother had left her alone to attend a county court hearing. | Her mother had left her alone to attend a county court hearing. |
| The trial was told Jodie Ann was left in an upstairs bedroom for up to three hours. | The trial was told Jodie Ann was left in an upstairs bedroom for up to three hours. |
| Lied to police | |
| The prosecution said she had no chance of escape as both the bedroom door and window were shut. | The prosecution said she had no chance of escape as both the bedroom door and window were shut. |
| When she arrived home she was filmed by CCTV cameras carrying her daughter in her arms. | |
| She eventually phoned an ambulance from a nearby hairdressers but her daughter was declared dead later. | |
| After the fire, Brown asked a friend to tell police she had been looking after her daughter. | After the fire, Brown asked a friend to tell police she had been looking after her daughter. |
| As the verdicts were read out, Brown collapsed and began crying. She is due to be sentenced later. |