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| Lia Green's mother convicted over daughter's death | Lia Green's mother convicted over daughter's death |
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| The mother of a three-year-old girl who died of massive internal injuries at the hands of her boyfriend has been convicted of child neglect. | |
| Lia Green died on 30 August of injuries caused by a severe blow to the abdomen. | |
| Her mother Natalie Critchley, 22, of Norris Street, Preston, had denied the charge at the city's crown court. | Her mother Natalie Critchley, 22, of Norris Street, Preston, had denied the charge at the city's crown court. |
| Lia's father Richard Green, 23, also of Norris Street, admitted manslaughter two weeks into his trial. Both will be sentenced on 24 May. | Lia's father Richard Green, 23, also of Norris Street, admitted manslaughter two weeks into his trial. Both will be sentenced on 24 May. |
| Emergency services were called to Lia's home after her parents said she was suffering from sickness and diarrhoea and was weak and falling asleep. | Emergency services were called to Lia's home after her parents said she was suffering from sickness and diarrhoea and was weak and falling asleep. |
| She was pronounced dead on arrival at the Royal Preston Hospital. | She was pronounced dead on arrival at the Royal Preston Hospital. |
| The trial at Preston Crown Court heard Critchley had started seeing another man, the parent of a child where she worked as a nursery nurse. | |
| 'Lost control' | |
| She lied to her partner Green about going to pole-dancing lessons in order to continue the affair but he discovered what was going on in the weeks before Lia was killed, the court heard. | |
| The prosecution told the jury Green "lost control" and inflicted the injury on Lia and Critchley failed to get medical help in time - otherwise the girl may have survived. | |
| Steve Hoolohan, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "It was the prosecution's case that Natalie Critchley failed to seek medical help for her daughter when she needed it. | Steve Hoolohan, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "It was the prosecution's case that Natalie Critchley failed to seek medical help for her daughter when she needed it. |
| "At the heart of this tragic case is an innocent three-year old girl, who lost her life at the hands of her own father who should have protected her from harm. | "At the heart of this tragic case is an innocent three-year old girl, who lost her life at the hands of her own father who should have protected her from harm. |
| "He must now face up to the consequences of his terrible crime. | "He must now face up to the consequences of his terrible crime. |
| "Of course today's outcome will not bring Lia back and I would like to offer my sympathies to those who were close to her. My thoughts are with them at this difficult time." | "Of course today's outcome will not bring Lia back and I would like to offer my sympathies to those who were close to her. My thoughts are with them at this difficult time." |
| 'Failed mother' | |
| Det Supt Andy Murphy, of Lancashire Police, said: "The post-mortem examination revealed that Lia died as a result of receiving a significant blunt trauma to her abdomen that had to have been caused by a significant violent act, and not from her falling from a swing, as was suggested to us when we interviewed Green. | Det Supt Andy Murphy, of Lancashire Police, said: "The post-mortem examination revealed that Lia died as a result of receiving a significant blunt trauma to her abdomen that had to have been caused by a significant violent act, and not from her falling from a swing, as was suggested to us when we interviewed Green. |
| "Natalie Critchley failed in her duty as a mother, to care for and save from harm her little girl. | "Natalie Critchley failed in her duty as a mother, to care for and save from harm her little girl. |
| "Lia had her whole life ahead of her and the people who should have been protecting her have let her down in an unthinkable and unimaginable way." | "Lia had her whole life ahead of her and the people who should have been protecting her have let her down in an unthinkable and unimaginable way." |