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Smethwick pair convicted of scalded girl's manslaughter Hot shower death: Mother and magistrate guilty of manslaughter
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A magistrate and his former girlfriend have been convicted of the manslaughter of a two-year-old girl who died after being scalded in a shower. A mother who held her two-year-old daughter under a scalding hot shower causing fatal injuries has been convicted of manslaughter.
Kristiana Logina died two weeks after being scalded at her home in Harborne, Birmingham, in February 2010.Kristiana Logina died two weeks after being scalded at her home in Harborne, Birmingham, in February 2010.
Rashpal Chana, 49, and the girl's mother Eva Logina, 25, from Smethwick, West Midlands, denied the charge. Eva Logina and her ex-partner Rashpal Chana, a magistrate of 18 years, had denied the charge.
The pair did not seek treatment which could have saved Kristiana, prosecutors at Nottingham Crown Court said. The pair did not seek treatment which could have saved Kristiana, Nottingham Crown Court was told.
Her burns were left untreated for so long the damaged skin eventually died and began to decay.Her burns were left untreated for so long the damaged skin eventually died and began to decay.
The court heard Kristiana suffered 10% burns when she was held under a hot shower by her mother, a Latvian national who came to the UK in 2007. The court heard Kristiana suffered 10% burns when she was held under the shower by her mother, a Latvian national who came to the UK in 2007.
Chana and Logina applied creams to the injuries but did not seek further treatment. Soiled herself
Prosecutor Timothy Raggatt QC said Kristiana was injured between 10 days and a fortnight before her death at Birmingham Children's Hospital. Logina, 25, currently of High Street, Smethwick, and Chana, 49, of Dibble Road, Smethwick, applied creams to the injuries but did not seek further treatment.
Chana, who has served as a magistrate on the Birmingham bench, was charged with manslaughter on 15 February last year at his former home in Tennal Road, Harborne, which the couple shared.
Kristiana soiled herself, according to what Logina told police, when the couple were living together at the property.
She was angry and put the girl in the shower, Logina told officers.
Prosecutor Timothy Raggatt QC said Kristiana had been injured between 10 days and a fortnight before her death at Birmingham Children's Hospital.
The likely cause of her injuries was from a shower head unit or extremely hot water, he said.The likely cause of her injuries was from a shower head unit or extremely hot water, he said.
Chana has served as a magistrate on the Birmingham bench for 18 years.