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A frail teenage girl has died after becoming morbidly obese and forced to live in conditions “not fit for any animal,” the court has told.
16-year-old Kaylia Tetford was living in “squalor and degradation” when paramedics found her dead at her home in Powys, Wales, in October 2020, jurors heard.
Prosecutors say her parents “seriously neglected” their daughter, who weighed nearly 23 and had a BMI of 70.
They ordered fast food five times a week, including Chinese and Indian food and kebabs.
Her mother, Sarah Lloyd-Jones, 39, pleaded guilty to manslaughter by gross negligence.
But her father, Alun Tetford, 45, denies the same charge and is standing trial in Crown Birth Court.
Kaylea has used a wheelchair from a young age due to health conditions including spina bifida, spinal dysfunction, and hydrocephalus, which causes fluid to build up in the brain.
She has been described by staff at her Newtown High School as “funny and talkative”.
But she was confined to her home after the COVID-19 lockdown began in March 2020.
The vulnerable girl relied entirely on others to take care of her
Six months later on 10 October, Lloyd-Jones called the emergency services who arrived to find Kaylea lying on dirty “puppy pads”.
Her hair was dirty and matted, her skin blistered and had not been washed properly for weeks.
Milk bottles filled with urine were found where she had been sleeping, and police described an “unbearable” musty smell and worms and flies on her body.
Ms Rhys said: “Kaelia Tetford was living in conditions unbecoming for any animal, let alone a frail 16-year-old girl who was totally dependent on others for her care.
“The prosecution says that the scene – as witnessed by those present – together with the condition in which Caylea’s body was found clearly show that this frail girl, who relied so much on others for her social needs, had been seriously neglected not only by one person but by both of her parents.” who owe her a duty of care.”
Jurors heard that pathologist Dr. Derek James ruled that the teen died of “inflammation and infection” caused by his obesity and inability to move.
Simple tasks like regularly changing Kaylea’s socks seemed to have been overlooked, according to forensic podiatrist David Blake.
Image: Alun Tetford said he wasn’t a ‘very good dad’ when questioned by police, jurors listened
During a police interview, Tetford said he was “not a good father” and claimed that Lloyd-Jones was caring for their daughter and doing the housework.
He said Kaylea had grown up in her wheelchair – but added that he hadn’t seen her from bed since lockdown.
When asked about the last time he asked Kaylea how she was, Titford replied, “I didn’t ask her. Like I say, I’m not the best of people.”
“Nobody thought their child would end up like this.”
Tetford also denied an alternative charge of causing or permitting the death of a child.
The trial, which is expected to last four weeks, continues on Thursday.
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