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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, 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. |
The jury is still considering its verdict on a charge of child cruelty. | |
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 herself | Soiled 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 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. |