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Mother Found Guilty of Starving her Son, four, to Death as Police Reveal Shocking Pictures inside Squalid Home Where Little Boy Died




Amanda Hutton had denied the manslaughter of Hamzah Khan, whose decomposed body was found in her bedroom at their home in Bradford, West Yorkshire. A two-week trial at Bradford Crown Court heard that Hamzah's remains had been in the cot for almost two years when they were found by police searching the house on September 21 2011. The little boy had died on December 15, 2009.

• Amanda Hutton found guilty of the manslaughter of her four-year-old son
• Police found Hamzah Khan's mummified remains in a cot with a teddy
• Jury had been told told Hamzah most probably died from malnutrition
• Det Supt Lisa Griffin says case was worst she had seen in 28 years service
  

By Daily Mail UK, 3 October 2013


A mother-of-eight has been found guilty of killing her four-year-old son by starving him to death.
Amanda Hutton, 43, showed no emotion as she was convicted of manslaughter by a jury at Bradford Crown Court.


The court heard that Hamzah's mummified body was found in Hutton's Bradford bedroom almost two years after he died in December 2009.

The case has raised questions about how the death of a four-year-old boy went unnoticed for almost two years in a major British city - and why numerous authorities didn't discover his suffering and resultant death earlier.


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Guilty: Amanda Hutton has been found guilty of the manslaughter of her four-year-old son Hamzah Khan




The jury heard that Hamzah's body was found in the house in Bradford in terrible squalor,
where five other school-aged siblings were living




Prosecutors said Hutton starved her son to death. Pictured is the baby sleep suit Hamzah was found in
The foreman of the jury made clear that they had convicted her on the basis that she was grossly negligent by not providing adequate nourishment for Hamzah.

Jurors returned their verdict to a packed court after almost five hours of deliberations.
Hutton was remanded in custody and will be sentenced tomorrow by Judge Roger Thomas QC.

Hutton, 43, denied killing Hamzah, whose decomposed and insect-infested body was found in a travel cot in her bedroom.
A two-week trial heard that his remains had been in the cot for almost two years when they were found by police searching the house on September 21, 2011.
The little boy had died on December 15, 2009.





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Guilty: Amanda Hutton, pictured outside Bradford Crown Court, told the jury
she struggled to get her son to eat and he died suddenly


The jury has heard that Hamzah's body was found in the house in the Heaton area of the city in terrible squalor, where five other school-aged siblings were living.
Hutton has admitted a charge of child cruelty in respect of each of these children, who were aged between five and 13 in 2011.
Prosecutors told the jury of eight men and four women that Hamzah most probably died from malnutrition because Hutton neglected him as she concentrated on her alcohol addiction.
The jury found she starved her son to death.
But Hutton told the court that she struggled to get her son to eat and he died suddenly. She claimed she never sought medical advice because she thought he was going through a phase and would grow out of it.


QUESTIONS OVER CARE AGENCIES

As prosecutors asked at the opening of Amanda Hutton's trial, how can a child starve to death in 21st-century England?
But perhaps the most crucial question prompted by the discovery of Hamzah Khan's decomposed body is whether anyone could realistically have predicted or prevented the boy's death.
The jury at Bradford Crown Court might have found Hutton responsible for Hamzah's death but the role a range of professionals played in the lives of Hutton and her eight children will be closely scrutinised.
Bradford Safeguarding Children Board has conducted a serious case review into the involvement of different agencies with the family but the results will not be published until later this year.
From information already made public, it is clear the family was known to all the main agencies - police, health, schools and social services.
Yet Hutton had a history of failing to co-operate with services that could have helped her.

CCTV: Moment drunk mother charged with killing four-year-old son




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Hutton claimed the appalling conditions police officers found at her home when they finally searched the property only developed after her son's death


She also said she was worried the other children would be taken away if Hamzah's death was discovered.

Hutton has also admitted a charge of preventing the burial of a corpse, along with her eldest son, Tariq, 24.
Tariq, who has not been in court during his mother's trial and is on bail, will also be sentenced tomorrow.
Speaking outside court, Malcolm Taylor, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said: 'This was a truly tragic case involving the death of a little boy, Hamzah Khan, whose body, showing signs of extreme malnutrition, was discovered amidst scenes of the most appalling squalor at the family home in Bradford.

'It is likely his body had lain undiscovered for the best part of two years. It is heart-breaking to contemplate the suffering Hamzah must have endured.

'This horrific crime was compounded by the failure of either Amanda Hutton or Tariq Khan to arrange the burial of Hamzah's body.




In court: Amanda Hutton, 43, depicted giving her evidence in this artist's impression,
denied she cared more about alcohol than the son she was accused of starving to death


Mr Taylor said: 'Our thoughts remain with the rest of Hamzah's family in the hope that they can now start to rebuild their lives.'
Professor Nick Frost, independent chair of Bradford Safeguarding Children Board (BSCB), said: 'This is a tragic case for everyone involved.

'BSCB initiated a serious case review following the discovery of Hamzah's body and the report will be published after the court, coronial and other necessary procedures are completed.

'The main aim of the report is to make sure all agencies involved learn lessons and change working practices where necessary.




Detective Superintendent Lisa Griffin said the 'heart-breaking' case
was the worst she had seen during 28 years in the police service


'However, given the refusal of all offers of help that would be offered to any mother and the lack of serious concerns raised from any other source, there was limited involvement from statutory agencies.'

Ralph Berry, Bradford Council's executive member for children and young people, said: 'Hamzah's death is a dreadful tragedy which has shocked and appalled local people.

'We welcome the serious case review and its public examination of the circumstances of Hamzah's death. Serious case reviews lead to learning and action to make children safer, in our district and across the country.
'The serious case review will be published following the completion of all legal processes and at that stage we can comment further.'

Peter Wanless, chief executive of the NSPCC, said: 'This is a stark reminder that neglect is a form of child abuse as harmful as physical abuse and, as in this case, can result in a child fatality.
'Fortunately, this type of extreme case is quite rare but we do know that almost one in 10 children in the UK are neglected by their parents or carers.
'It is self-evident that something went seriously wrong for this child. It appears Hamzah disappeared off the radar of his community and services, and a full picture of the horror that was his life emerged two years too late.'
Head of safeguarding at Action for Children Shaun Kelly said: 'Hamzah's is yet another tragic story of a child who was invisible to society and died at the hands of a parent.

'School teachers, police officers, social workers and health visitors have told us about the barriers they face when they want to help a child that they suspect is being neglected. It seems that people are so afraid of doing the wrong thing that they don't do anything at all and it all adds up to a systemic failure to protect the most vulnerable.




Amanda Hutton (pictured about 14 years ago) said she was worried
the other children would be taken away if Hamzah's death was discovered


'More support for professionals who work with children is vital. When speaking with families, they can't take what is being said at face value, they must trust their instincts and escalate their concerns.

'They need to be allowed to be braver, to push harder by being persistent and take action to protect a child, or child neglect will continue to kill.'
Police officers called to numerous domestic violence incidents at Hutton's home never saw anything to concern them about Hamzah Khan and always kept social services informed, the senior detective who led the investigation has said.


WHY WASN'T IT MURDER?

CPS guidelines state that manslaughter is 'conduct taking the form of an unlawful act involving a danger of some harm, that resulted in death'.
Alternatively, conduct that was 'grossly negligent given the risk of death, and did kill, is manslaughter'.

For a crime to be considered murder there must be an 'intent to kill or cause grievous bodily harm'.

Detective Superintendent Lisa Griffin, of West Yorkshire Police, said the 'heart-breaking' case was the worst she had seen during 28 years in the police service.

She said she had never seen such 'appalling' conditions as those inside the house in Bradford when the body of four-year-old Hamzah was discovered in September 2011.

Ms Griffin confirmed that, in the years before Hamzah's death, officers supported Hutton through her problems with her violent partner, Aftab Khan.

'She was a vulnerable woman who needed our help and support,' the officer said.

'Whenever she made the contact with police then she got a positive response. Police officers were there to support and engage with her and that resulted in a conviction of her partner for assault upon her.

'Each time we engaged with Amanda, we referred the matter through to the social services department because we knew that there were children within the family.'

'When we dealt with the incidents of domestic violence, no, we did not have concerns about the care of the children,' she added.

'But we did make the referrals through to social services. She had a number of children and we wanted to ensure that she had the support that she needed.'


THE EVENTS LEADING TO THE HEART-BREAKING DEATH OF HAMZAH KHAN




Hamzah Khan's father Aftab Khan. An injunction was granted forcing him to stay away from Hutton



1986/87 - Hutton begins her long relationship with Aftab Khan, Hamzah's father.


May 28, 1996 - First of many records of police being called to a domestic violence incident involving Hutton being attacked by Khan.


June 17, 2005 - Hamza Khan born. Nothing to cause concern.


July 7, 2005 - Hamzah seen by health visitor for 'birth visit'. Nothing to cause concern. This is the last time Hamzah is seen by a health professional.


July 28, 2005 - Hutton misses an ultrasound scan at hospital arranged for Hamzah. It was the first of many missed health service appointments.


October 2005 - Health visitor sees Hutton after three unsuccessful attempts. Records say the door was slammed in her face, although Hutton disputes this.


August 2006 - Following further attempts by the health visitor to see Hutton, she contacts the Child Protection Unit of social services for advice.


August 2006 - A registrar of births visit Hutton at home and notes she had a 'puffed up' eye and smelt of alcohol.


September 7, 2006 - Hutton goes to GP saying she had 'hit rock bottom' and is drinking.


September 19, 2006 - Hamzah is registered with a GP 15 months after his birth but never attends the practice or gets any of his jabs.


December 7, 2007 - Police called to Hutton's house after a 'dropped' 999 call. Injured and drunk Hutton says she had been assaulted but later withdraws the allegation.


December 4, 2008 - Aftab Khan assaults Hutton. This incident leads to Khan's only conviction for attacking his partner and the couple split.


December 9, 2008 - Aftab Khan is interviewed by police about the incident on December 4 and raises concerns about the welfare of Hamzah. Khan claims he will contact social services.


December 2008 - A judge grants an injunction forcing Aftab Khan to stay away from Hutton.


January 19, 2009 - A worker for a domestic abuse support charity visits Hutton in her new home and reports nothing of concern.


March 16, 2009 - Hutton and her children move to a larger house in Bradford. This is the house where Hamzah's body is eventually found.


April 21, 2009 - PC Maria Furness conducts a 'welfare check' on Hutton's house after some of the children are left at school at picking up time. The officer said the house was clean and tidy and Hamzah seemed OK. Hutton appeared to be under the influence of something.


December 14, 2009 - Hutton said Hamzah was taken ill but described him as poorly rather than seriously unwell.


December 15, 2009 - Hamzah dies at a time unknown while Hutton is at a Morrisons supermarket. At 11.05pm a call is made from Hutton's phone to Pizza Hut. At 11.07pm a call is made from Hutton's phone to the Spicy Delight Indian take-away.


September 21, 2011- Hamzah's decomposed body is found in a cot in Hutton's bedroom. Five of his siblings, aged between five and 13, are removed from the house which is in 'appalling squalor'.

March 6, 2013 - Hutton is charged with the manslaughter of Hamzah.


July 24, 2013 - Hutton admits child cruelty in respect to five of her children and preventing the burial of a corpse at Bradford Crown Court. Her son, Tariq, admits preventing the burial of a corpse.


September 18. 2013 - Hutton goes on trial at Bradford Crown Court accused of manslaughter.


September 30, 2013 - Hutton is brought to court by police but is too drunk to give evidence and her defence is delayed.




CCTV image of Amanda Hutton being brought into custody at Keighley police station on September 21, 2011



FATHER CLAIMED HE RAISED CONCERNS WITH SOCIAL SERVICES


Police were called to allegations of domestic violence by Khan, who gave evidence in the trial, numerous times over nearly 20 years.
The couple started their relationship in 1986 and split in December 2008 after an incident which led to Khan's conviction for assaulting Hutton and a court granted a non-molestation order to keep him away.
Shortly afterwards she and most of her children moved to the house in Bradford where Hamzah died.
When Khan was arrested for the December 2008 attack, he repeatedly asked the interviewing police to go to see Hamzah because he was undernourished.

He also claimed he was going to contact social services.

Khan told the jury trying Hutton that he made that call but there is no record of it.

A senior police officer said Khan's claims were followed up but nothing was found to be amiss.

She said a welfare check had been conducted at Hutton's home in April 2009 after police were called due to a matter unrelated to domestic violence.

'In April 2009, we were called due to a matter unrelated to the domestic violence. On that occasion we made a welfare check at the home address.
'The condition of the house was checked and the children were all presented to the police officer who attended and they all seemed to be fit and well, the house was clean and presentable.'

She said there were no alarm bells ringing at that stage.
'The home environment appeared perfectly adequate and the children appeared in good health.
'That said, police officers are not health professionals, they make an assessment based on their own professional judgment and there were no concerns at that time.

'As we know, Hamzah died a matter of eight months later. There was clearly a very significant deterioration in Amanda's ability to care for her children.'
Ms Griffin said there was clearly a significant deterioration in the house in the eight months between the police visit and Hamzah's death.

'There was no involvement with the police between April (2009) and the discovery of his body in the September of 2011,' she added.

She said the conditions in the house had gone from being 'presentable' to being 'absolutely squalid' at the time Hamzah's body was discovered.




Hutton was apparently so drunk she was unable to stand up when she was taken to the police station


Ms Griffin said: 'Amanda Hutton had many opportunities to accept the support that was offered to her and many opportunities to engage with the professionals that are there to support her and her family, and she chose not to.

'She was obstructive, she was difficult and she failed in her ability to parent that child, to look after his basic needs, and sadly he died in the most difficult of circumstances.

'I can only imagine the pain and the suffering that that child endured. I can say that, in my 28 years of the policing service, we have never seen anything quite as appalling as the conditions in which those children were living at the time Hamzah's body was discovered.'

The officer said Hutton had gone to some lengths to obstruct agencies who went to help her.


'I have never seen anything like it in my 28 years in the service. It is heart-breaking and nothing short of that'

- Detective Superintendent Lisa Griffin

'Amanda has presented as an obstructive person who has gone to great lengths to conceal the death of her child and has been obstructive to police officers and all the other services on a number of occasions,' she said.

'There is a whole catalogue of difficult interactions with her, where she has refused access to all the agencies at some time or other.'

She went on: 'It has been a very harrowing investigation - officers and the public alike have found it emotionally very difficult. It has been a very long, protracted investigation for all the necessary reasons. It has been difficult. I have never seen anything like it in my 28 years in the service. It is heart-breaking and nothing short of that.'

Ms Griffin said the ultimate responsibility for the care and welfare of Hamzah lay with Hutton and 'clearly she failed in that'.

She added: 'As a mother myself, I find that appalling that she should have allowed this set of circumstances to play out as it did and for that poor child to suffer in the way that he clearly did.'


'GUT INSTINCT' LED TO GRUESOME FIND

Former police community support officer Jodie Dunsmore, who was singled out in court for her 'conscientious and tenacious' work in helping to uncover Hamzah Khan's fate, said 'mother's intuition' prompted her to pursue Amanda Hutton's dark secret.
The mother of three, who is now a police constable, was only on her second day as a full PCSO in Bradford when she was called on September 4 2011 to investigate a neighbour's complaint.
Pc Dunsmore said she then repeatedly visited but failed to get access to 'well-spoken' Hutton's squalid house.
But her growing suspicion fuelled her determination to find out what the mother-of-eight was hiding.
PC Dunsmore said that by the time of her second visit, she started to look more closely at Hutton's house and noticed a 'quite vile' smell after looking through the letter box. She could see the blinds were closed and there were flies.

'I thought it looked a bit dirty. I went and knocked on the door, knocking quite loudly because it was a three-storey house and I appreciated that maybe people can't hear you ...' she said.
"I think at that point, I did look through the letter box and I noticed that there was this plastic bag that had been pinned behind and then this horrible smell which was quite vile, just a mucky smell really. It actually made me step back ... it wasn't nice.
'I am aware that a family was there. Call it, I don't know, a mother's intuition, gut instinct ... something wasn't right, it was starting to build up at that point.'
PC Dunsmore said she felt 'slightly embarrassed' by being singled out for praise for her tenacity.

'I was just doing my job. I wasn't doing anything special. I think that if any of my other colleagues from my station had gone, they would have done the same,' she said.
Speaking about Hutton, appearing at the door with flies on her clothes, Ms Dunsmore said:

'I didn't think she was capable of looking after herself, never mind anyone in that house.
'So that was the turning point. There was no going back from that moment she opened the door. I had everything I needed to be able to go to my sergeant and say 'We need to go in, we have got the children's welfare to look after'.





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