Addict mum kicked neglected son, 7, out of bed so she could have sex with clients
23.04.2022 - 00:55
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A mum kicked her seven-year-old son out of his own bed in order for her carry out sex work with clients to fund her drug habit.
Laura Heath has been convicted of killing her son Hakeem Hussain as she “prioritised her addiction to heroin and crack cocaine” over the youngster’s health and wellbeing.
The schoolboy was made to live in squalor in the final months of his tragic and short life.
Hakeem was forced to sleep on the sofa night after night as his mum commandeered the bed for sex work.
The 40-year-old used the cash she made to fund her drug addictions, while Hakeem was neglected in the filthy house.
She left her son to die alone in the garden of their Birmingham home after he suffered an asthma attack and even used his inhalers to smoke drugs.
Prosecutor Jonas Hankin QC said: “At Long Acre there was no bed for Hakeem. The bed was put over sex work, why? To raise money, what for? Her drug addiction.
“Another example of where her priorities lay. She devoted her life not to her child but to sourcing, funding and taking drugs.”
Heath was found guilty today of gross negligence manslaughter following the trial at Coventry Crown Court, according to Mirror Online.
She had previously admitted to four counts of child cruelty.
Sickening photos emerged of the cramped family home, with rubbish piled up in dirty rooms that stunk of “raw smoke”.
Police also found Hakeem’s asthma-pumps wrapped in foil next to drug paraphernalia.
In the lead up to Hakeem’s tragic death, a school nurse warned he could “die over the weekend” as his breathing got worse “day by day”.
On November 26, 2017, the youngster had gone outside at night to get air, something he often did when his asthma took a turn for the worse.
Usually he would wake his mum and