Wrexham couple jailed 8 years for daughter's neglect death

A couple from Wrexham, North Wales, were sentenced to eight years in prison on Thursday for causing or allowing the death of their 32-year-old daughter through extreme neglect. Bernita Davies and Alan Davies, both 60, pleaded guilty to the charge at Mold Crown Court, where Mrs Justice Mary Stacey imposed the term, requiring them to serve two-thirds before release on licence.

Steffie Davies was found dead in her bedroom at the family home on Bluebell Estate, Pandy, on May 26, 2023, after her mother called paramedics at 8:30 a.m. The 5-foot-7-inch woman weighed just five stone nine pounds and was described in court as almost skeletal. A Home Office pathologist determined she died from sepsis caused by infected pressure ulcers, compounded by very low body weight and poor nutritional status. Experts testified that the ulcers had developed over at least six weeks, and her body showed signs of decomposition, with flies present and rigor mortis indicating she had been dead for several days. She had pressure sores, joint contractures that prevented her from eating or drinking without help, dirty matted hair possibly containing lice eggs, suspected fungal skin infections, and a sodden...