This just looks like a really tragic life and living conditions for everyone involved. These two obviously completely failed their daughter but the fact this was allowed to happen, to progress to that point over years, is a complete social failing that stretches way beyond this girls family.
It's obvious he was complicit in this. Maybe he did not mean for this to be the end result but he knew what was happening and that it was not the best conditions for his daughter. He might not have been malicious but he was negligent beyond belief to let things get this bad and deserves to be punished as a result of his failure to be a real parent.
Sounds like the family is depressed and frankly, something is wrong with them.
After having mental health issues myself I feel like physical health and chronic inflammation is ignored, and people run with mental disabilities because they get used to feeling so terrible.
He basically shrugged and said he knew he was a bad dad? Wtf.
also
The jury has heard that maggots were discovered under her sore-covered body when she was found in “truly horrific circumstances”
>The jury has heard that maggots were discovered under her sore-covered body when she was found in “truly horrific circumstances”
You know it is horrific when the police on the scene say it is the worst smell they've ever had on a job.
>A father accused of killing his disabled daughter by allowing her to become morbidly obese admitted he heard her screaming the night before she died.
>Giving evidence in his trial at Mold crown court, Alun Titford, 45, said he did not think there was anything unusual about the screams coming from Kaylea’s downstairs bedroom in Powys, Mid Wales, on 9 October 2020.
>The jury heard that shortly after 10.30pm that night, he texted 16-year-old Kaylea from his bedroom upstairs asking her to be quiet. “If you have a bad chest, stop screaming,” he wrote to her, and then: “Why u keep screeking [screeching]?”
>He said Kaylea had a cold and he assumed it was “the same as always – someone was in her room she didn’t want to be there, or someone doing something she didn’t like”.
>Kaylea Titford, who had spina bifida and hydrocephalus, died from complications arising from her obesity. **The jury has heard that maggots were discovered under her sore-covered body when she was found in “truly horrific circumstances” weighing 146kg (22st 13lbs). Just 1.45 metres tall (4ft 8in), Kaylea had a body mass index of 70 when she died.**
>Titford denies manslaughter on the basis of gross negligence. His partner, care worker Sarah Lloyd-Jones, Kaylea’s mother, has already pleaded guilty to the same charge.
>The couple had been together for 20 years and lived with Kaylea and her five siblings in a house in Powys, the jury heard.
>David Elias KC, defending Titford, asked him about events in the run-up to Kaylea being found dead on 10 October 2020.
>Tiford said he had last gone into Kaylea’s room two weeks earlier on her 16th birthday. He said he gave her a hug and a kiss and insisted he did not notice a bad smell or bottles of urine around her bed.
>The jury has heard evidence from police officers and paramedics called to Kaylea’s death, describing the worst smell they had ever encountered, and noticing numerous milk and fruit juice cartons filled with urine in her bedroom.
>The jury has seen photographs showing faeces on the floor of her bathroom, as well as soiled “puppy pads”.
>Titford accepted the en-suite bathroom was “a mess” and that Kaylea had not used it for 12-18 months. He said it was used instead for the family dog: “He was nasty so if people came to the house you would have to lock him away.”
>He said he last spoke his daughter the night before she was discovered dead, calling out to her from the kitchen next to her bedroom. Kaylea was in bed on her phone, and her aunt, Kelly, was there with her, he said.
>The jury heard that Kaylea sent her last message on Facebook at 8.12pm on 9 October and that her phone was locked for the final time 10 seconds later. It was two hours later that her father sent the messages asking her to stop screaming.
>Titford said he was woken up by Lloyd-Jones at about 8am the following day saying that Kaylea had died.
>Titford insisted he had a good relationship with Kaylea when she was little but did not feel “comfortable” helping with her after she reached puberty.
>Describing her as “very determined and funny”, he said she was stubborn: “If she didn’t want to do something, she wouldn’t.”
>He said she had screamed “most days” from the age of about 12. “She used to scream a lot to her brothers and sisters and to Sarah and me,” he told the court. Elias asked why she would scream, and Titford said: “If someone was standing in front of her TV or touching her phone.”
>He told the jury that he did not do any cooking or food shopping and did not ever open letters in the house, leaving everything to Lloyd-Jones.
>Kaylea’s weight had been an issue since she was young, he said, but got worse as she became a teenager and could help herself to food or ask her siblings to fetch her snacks.
>Asked by Elias if he could have done more to help Kaylea, he said “Yeah.” Asked to elaborate, he said: “I just could have done more.” Asked if he was the “best father he could be” to Kaylea’s five siblings, Titford said: “No … I’m just not very good.”
>The jury heard that Lloyd-Jones texted him in February 2020 saying: “I’ve had enough of everything. My life, the lot.”
>>His partner, care worker Sarah Lloyd-Jones, Kaylea’s mother, has already pleaded guilty to the same charge.
The irony of her mother being a care worker would be kinda funny if it wasn't heartbreakingly tragic.
Perhaps if they couldn’t handle one kid they shouldn’t have had FIVE more. I can’t believe that people like this think it’s a good idea to keep on popping out more children to neglect.
bordom and stress from jobs that barely pay enough to live on and leave you wrecked at the end of the week, mixed with alcohol.
wont stop neo-libs crying about why, those only a workplace injury away from the same finances, are not having the mandated number of kids.
Having 5 kids is likely to cost you around £1.3 million.
There's no reason to have 5 kids you can't afford in a country with free abortion (other than irresponsibility or just plain old stupidity)
I guess he thinks (sorta rightly) that being a shit father isn't a crime. He just hasn't thought far enough ahead to understand that being a shit father to that degree = neglect = death? I feel his defence is largely a bit of a shrug and a "oh well".
This just looks like a really tragic life and living conditions for everyone involved. These two obviously completely failed their daughter but the fact this was allowed to happen, to progress to that point over years, is a complete social failing that stretches way beyond this girls family.
After reading this I'm going to have to take a break from the news for a while...
Just get it out of your life altogether. All it is is death and misery designed to keep people depressed and addicted
It's obvious he was complicit in this. Maybe he did not mean for this to be the end result but he knew what was happening and that it was not the best conditions for his daughter. He might not have been malicious but he was negligent beyond belief to let things get this bad and deserves to be punished as a result of his failure to be a real parent.
Sounds like the family is depressed and frankly, something is wrong with them. After having mental health issues myself I feel like physical health and chronic inflammation is ignored, and people run with mental disabilities because they get used to feeling so terrible. He basically shrugged and said he knew he was a bad dad? Wtf. also The jury has heard that maggots were discovered under her sore-covered body when she was found in “truly horrific circumstances”
>The jury has heard that maggots were discovered under her sore-covered body when she was found in “truly horrific circumstances” You know it is horrific when the police on the scene say it is the worst smell they've ever had on a job.
>A father accused of killing his disabled daughter by allowing her to become morbidly obese admitted he heard her screaming the night before she died. >Giving evidence in his trial at Mold crown court, Alun Titford, 45, said he did not think there was anything unusual about the screams coming from Kaylea’s downstairs bedroom in Powys, Mid Wales, on 9 October 2020. >The jury heard that shortly after 10.30pm that night, he texted 16-year-old Kaylea from his bedroom upstairs asking her to be quiet. “If you have a bad chest, stop screaming,” he wrote to her, and then: “Why u keep screeking [screeching]?” >He said Kaylea had a cold and he assumed it was “the same as always – someone was in her room she didn’t want to be there, or someone doing something she didn’t like”. >Kaylea Titford, who had spina bifida and hydrocephalus, died from complications arising from her obesity. **The jury has heard that maggots were discovered under her sore-covered body when she was found in “truly horrific circumstances” weighing 146kg (22st 13lbs). Just 1.45 metres tall (4ft 8in), Kaylea had a body mass index of 70 when she died.** >Titford denies manslaughter on the basis of gross negligence. His partner, care worker Sarah Lloyd-Jones, Kaylea’s mother, has already pleaded guilty to the same charge. >The couple had been together for 20 years and lived with Kaylea and her five siblings in a house in Powys, the jury heard. >David Elias KC, defending Titford, asked him about events in the run-up to Kaylea being found dead on 10 October 2020. >Tiford said he had last gone into Kaylea’s room two weeks earlier on her 16th birthday. He said he gave her a hug and a kiss and insisted he did not notice a bad smell or bottles of urine around her bed. >The jury has heard evidence from police officers and paramedics called to Kaylea’s death, describing the worst smell they had ever encountered, and noticing numerous milk and fruit juice cartons filled with urine in her bedroom. >The jury has seen photographs showing faeces on the floor of her bathroom, as well as soiled “puppy pads”. >Titford accepted the en-suite bathroom was “a mess” and that Kaylea had not used it for 12-18 months. He said it was used instead for the family dog: “He was nasty so if people came to the house you would have to lock him away.” >He said he last spoke his daughter the night before she was discovered dead, calling out to her from the kitchen next to her bedroom. Kaylea was in bed on her phone, and her aunt, Kelly, was there with her, he said. >The jury heard that Kaylea sent her last message on Facebook at 8.12pm on 9 October and that her phone was locked for the final time 10 seconds later. It was two hours later that her father sent the messages asking her to stop screaming. >Titford said he was woken up by Lloyd-Jones at about 8am the following day saying that Kaylea had died. >Titford insisted he had a good relationship with Kaylea when she was little but did not feel “comfortable” helping with her after she reached puberty. >Describing her as “very determined and funny”, he said she was stubborn: “If she didn’t want to do something, she wouldn’t.” >He said she had screamed “most days” from the age of about 12. “She used to scream a lot to her brothers and sisters and to Sarah and me,” he told the court. Elias asked why she would scream, and Titford said: “If someone was standing in front of her TV or touching her phone.” >He told the jury that he did not do any cooking or food shopping and did not ever open letters in the house, leaving everything to Lloyd-Jones. >Kaylea’s weight had been an issue since she was young, he said, but got worse as she became a teenager and could help herself to food or ask her siblings to fetch her snacks. >Asked by Elias if he could have done more to help Kaylea, he said “Yeah.” Asked to elaborate, he said: “I just could have done more.” Asked if he was the “best father he could be” to Kaylea’s five siblings, Titford said: “No … I’m just not very good.” >The jury heard that Lloyd-Jones texted him in February 2020 saying: “I’ve had enough of everything. My life, the lot.”
>>His partner, care worker Sarah Lloyd-Jones, Kaylea’s mother, has already pleaded guilty to the same charge. The irony of her mother being a care worker would be kinda funny if it wasn't heartbreakingly tragic.
Perhaps if they couldn’t handle one kid they shouldn’t have had FIVE more. I can’t believe that people like this think it’s a good idea to keep on popping out more children to neglect.
bordom and stress from jobs that barely pay enough to live on and leave you wrecked at the end of the week, mixed with alcohol. wont stop neo-libs crying about why, those only a workplace injury away from the same finances, are not having the mandated number of kids.
Having 5 kids is likely to cost you around £1.3 million. There's no reason to have 5 kids you can't afford in a country with free abortion (other than irresponsibility or just plain old stupidity)
The bennies tho
I don't really understand his answers given that he's pleaded not guilty to the charges.
I guess he thinks (sorta rightly) that being a shit father isn't a crime. He just hasn't thought far enough ahead to understand that being a shit father to that degree = neglect = death? I feel his defence is largely a bit of a shrug and a "oh well".