Wrexham parents jailed for eight years each after letting 'skeletal' daughter die
Bernita Davies has been sentenced to an 8-year prison term alongside husband Alan as they are both found guilty of causing or allowing the death of their adult, agoraphobic daughter. The court heard that Steffie was left in "appalling squalor" and emaciated until she died on May 26, 2023; paramedics later discovered her at just five stone with lice infestation after a year without leaving the house to eat or move around.
Key Points
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1Bernita (mother) and Alan (father) Davis have each been jailed for eight years after their daughter Steffie Davies died from extreme neglect.
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2Steffie, a reclusive adult with anxiety who rarely left her home since age nine by then at the time of death in May 2023 weighed just five stone when found dead
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3Paramedics discovered she was emaciated and suffering lice while lying sodden soiled bed which paramedic described as 'the most unhuman way possible'
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4'Mother from hell' label applied to parents who allowed their daughter's death in squalor after admitting causing or allowing her demise
Developments
Alan Davies (60) was jailed as a factory worker who told paramedics his daughter had not left her bed for 12 months before she died. His wife Bernita Davies received an eight-year sentence after being described by neighbors and the court judge as having shown no love or affection to their vulnerable, nearly skeletal child while continuing with daily life in front of him during this period
Alan and Bernita Davies were each jailed for eight years after admitting to causing or allowing their five-stone daughter's death by neglect. The court heard that Steffie was found in an emaciated state with pressure sores while her mother reportedly called 911 the next day, describing herself as "cold" like a skeleton before hanging up on paramedics who arrived later and confirmed she had died of starvation at home over two days prior to reporting.
Bernita Davies (60) has been jailed for eight years after admitting charges of causing or allowing a vulnerable adult's death. Her parents were found responsible as their daughter, Steffie Davies aged 32 at the time she died on May 19 in Wrexham was left to die from extreme neglect and starvation due to her severe physical limitations preventing self-care without assistance
Bernita and Alan Davies were sentenced to eight years each for allowing their 32-year-old daughter's death through severe physical abuse. The court heard that the victim had been bedridden, emaciated with ulcers, likely dead since before paramedics arrived in May 2023 due to her parents' neglect of a vulnerable adult charge she previously admitted.
Bernita and Alan Davies were jailed for eight years after admitting they caused or allowed their daughter, a 32-year-old woman who died of extreme neglect on May 26, 2023. The court found that she had been left to die in the most inhumane way possible due to severe malnutrition, untreated medical conditions including lice and pressure sores, and lack of care for over five years following her last sighting by neighbors in 2017.