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Hot shower death: Mother and magistrate guilty of manslaughter Mother and magistrate guilty of girl's shower scalding death
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A mother who held her two-year-old daughter under a scalding hot shower causing fatal injuries has been convicted of manslaughter.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.
Eva Logina and her ex-partner Rashpal Chana, a magistrate of 18 years, had denied the charge. Eva Logina and her ex-partner Rashpal Chana, a magistrate of 18 years, denied the charge but were both convicted.
The pair did not seek treatment which could have saved Kristiana, Nottingham Crown Court was told.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. The jury is still considering its verdict on a charge of child cruelty.
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. Jurors were told Kristiana suffered 10% burns when she was held under the shower by her mother, a Latvian national who came to the UK in 2007.
The water temperature could have reached 58C (136F).
Soiled herselfSoiled herself
Kristiana's burns were left untreated for so long the damaged skin eventually died and began to decay.
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.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. Chana, who serves 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.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.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.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.