‘My baby son was taken away by social services - then murdered by his foster mum’
28.07.2022 - 16:41
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
The heartbroken mum of a baby boy murdered by his foster mum has spoken of how he was taken away by social services after his birth against her will. Mum Laura Corkill had a room decorated for little Leiland-James Micheal Corkill and his name chosen out before his birth, which happened by emergency Caesarean four days before Christmas in 2019 at West Cumberland Hospital.
This room was now something of a shrine to Laura’s children, in particular, Leiland-James. Laura had been looking forward to taking her baby home when, 48 hours after he was born, he was taken away by a social worker who turned up at the hospital.
Speaking to the BBC, Laura said her world was “shattered” when her son was taken away. Over the course of 2020 Laura Corkill tried to get her son back, but days after his first birthday, the foster mum chosen by social workers murdered him.
Foster mum Laura Castle was in May of this year jailed for life after being found guilty of murdering 13-month-old Leiland-James Corkill. A courtroom heard shocking testimony of how she had “leathered” the child who suffered fatal head injuries, report Mirror Online.
Laura was not involved in Castle’s murder trial, nor in Cumbria County Council’s review into her son’s death. Laura had a history with social services; years before giving birth to Leiland-James she had suffered domestic violence, but after asking for help to remove her abusive partner from the home, her children were taken instead.
However, when pregnant with Leiland-James, she said she was in a good place with support from a women’s organisation and had hoped to put her past behind her. She claimed social services had appeared happy with preparations made for the baby at home, she said.
The devastated mum said they