Sick woman who injected faeces into child has jail sentence increased
22.10.2022 - 20:03
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A monstrous woman who injected a child with faeces has had her prison sentence increased to eight years by judges at the Court of Appeal. Elizabeth Faragher, 43, from Cumbria physically abused the youngster after she left them with ''deep muscle scarring and multiple scars'', a court heard.
In April, she was found guilty of one count of cruelty to a person under 16 and five counts of administering a poison or noxious substance with intent which led to the youngster having to undergo ''invasive'' and ''painful'' tests as well as a bone marrow extraction, Manchester Evening News reports. The woman initially received a prison sentence of five years and ten months last July at Preston Crown Court but has been given an additional 2 years and 2 months after her case was referred to the Court of Appeal by the Attorney General's Office (AGO) through the unduly lenient sentence scheme.
Lord Justice Edis, sitting with Mr Justice Dove and Mrs Justice Steyn, declared that the case was "difficult and distressing". On behalf of the AGO, Nicholas Hearn told judges that the original sentence "did not reflect the cumulative seriousness of the offences” and was “unduly lenient”.
A written reference from the AGO to the court stated that the child was frequently taken to see medical staff and was found to be suffering from infections all across the body, with "faecal organisms" present. Initially, doctors “could not identify a medical explanation” but they later came to the conclusion that the infections had been "induced" by Faragher who injected the child with "faecal matter".
Faragher, who joined Friday's hearing via video link and sat with her head bowed, did not provide any explanation for her actions. Rosalind Emsley-Smith, representing
The website popstar.one is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can
send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.