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Posted by tatgirl on Aug-17-2006 17:21:

And today's mom of the year award goes to......

Drug mom who turned son, 9, into junkie is jailed

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- A drug-addicted mother who turned her young son into a junkie after giving him heroin and crack cocaine from the age of nine was jailed on Thursday.

Emma Kelly, 31, of no fixed address, was given a nine-year sentence for supplying drugs to the child and told she must serve at least six years.

Judge Anthony Niblett, at Hove Crown Court, East Sussex, said it had been "pure wickedness" to give drugs to the boy.

"There can be no greater betrayal of a mother's trust and duty towards her child," he told Kelly, who also admitted two counts of child cruelty.

The judge raised concerns that the council's social services department had failed to take the boy away from his mother and he called for an urgent review of the case.

East Sussex County Council said it would consider the judge's comments and reply within two weeks.

"Together with partners in other agencies, we will learn from any of the lessons that arise from this case," said Matt Dunkley, the council's Director of Children's Services.

The scale of Kelly and her son's drug addiction was revealed after detectives arrested the pair during a shoplifting spree in January 2005.

Police found drug-taking equipment, including burnt foil and spoons, on the floor of the child's bedroom. He was pale and thin and needed hospital treatment for his addiction.

Police said the boy could easily have died each time he took the drugs supplied by his mother between 2003 and 2005.

"It was potentially life threatening as they would have had an effect on his heart and other vital organs which were still developing," said Detective Sergeant Wendy Fuller, of the Child Protection Team, Eastbourne.

Defence lawyer Rebecca Upton said Kelly was "truly disgusted" by her actions. The former trainee jockey's life had fallen apart after the death of her partner in 1996.

The boy was taken into foster care and is now back at school.

Posted by Misanthrope on Aug-17-2006 17:23:

Posted by sticky_shoes on Aug-17-2006 17:25:

Posted by starsearcher on Aug-17-2006 17:28:

Posted by preppie chick on Aug-17-2006 18:19:

am i the only one who doesn't think this is funny in the slightest?

poor child.

Posted by Wurm on Aug-17-2006 18:20:

And I felt guilty for sharing a joint with my father-in-law...

But seriously, a breach of the natural protective urge a parent has for their child.

Posted by Cosmic Fur on Aug-17-2006 18:24:

That's hot.

Posted by MarkT on Aug-17-2006 18:31:

um...I guess she taught him how to share (drugs)?

that's brutal...if there ever was an argument for forced sterilization, this is one of them

Posted by magikb on Aug-17-2006 18:46:

wow... can I have a mom like that too
that is just horrible ffs

some people just should not have children!

Posted by dallastar on Aug-17-2006 19:49:

that's messed!

Posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* on Aug-17-2006 20:46:

HOLY FUCK! What kind of parent does that? What a disgrace to society.

Posted by Abercrombie on Aug-17-2006 21:59:

quote:
Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~*
HOLY FUCK! What kind of parent does that? What a disgrace to society.

This kind;

From looking at her... raise your hand if you're surprised.

Posted by dallastar on Aug-17-2006 22:00:

quote:
Originally posted by Abercrombie
This kind;

From looking at her... raise your hand if you're surprised.

I wouldn't raise anything for a woman that looks that Fugly and treats her children in such a way!

Posted by Frenchie on Aug-17-2006 22:09:

Wow.
What a sad and pathetic parent, better yet, pathetic world this is coming to.

Geez, an innocent 9 year old boy.....wasted.

Posted by Jem_hadar on Aug-18-2006 01:25:

lee wow. thats it. fuck