Baby Beaten, Poisoned And Left To Die By Her Mother And Stepfather.

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Eve Leatherland has been kept in deep freeze since October 2017 when she was beaten, poisoned and left to die aged just 22 months by her mother and stepfather. 

She suffered two skull fractures, 12 rib fractures and eventually died after being given a fatal dose of codeine in an attempt to cover up her injuries. 

An inquest heard that Leatherland and Curd phoned an ambulance for Eve saying she had become ‘unresponsive and floppy’ at home in Liskeard, Cornwall. 

Paramedics found Eve in a dirty stained bed with vomit around her mouth. She was taken to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth where she died. 

At first, Eve’s death was not treated as suspicious with bruising believed to be caused by efforts to resuscitate her.

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A subsequent x-ray revealed a fractured skull and a post-mortem investigation at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London concluded that ‘no natural cause of death could be ascertained’, Mr Arrow said. 

Mr Arrow told the inquest that Eve died from a ‘fatal concentration’ of the adult pain-killer codeine which should never be given to children, he said, and her multiple injuries. She also had an amount of paracetamol in her system which was ‘above therapeutic levels’.

Mother Abigail Leatherland, 26, and her former partner Tom Curd, 31, were jailed in March after a Truro Crown Court heard they browsed Facebook and played video games as Eve lay dying. 

Leatherland was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for allowing or causing Eve to die, while Curd was ordered to serve life with a minimum of 20 years for murder.