According into the Telegraph, Barnett’s son Joshua was in fact wiggling with his about three brothers sisters near your pond outside home in the event that he became in. She attempted to save the child but he died in hospital later the same day.
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Claire Barnett, 31 sent two Facebook pictures and chatted on her phone when she failed to supervise her son Joshua Barnett who was playing with another of her children next to a 13-metre long fish pond at her detached home.
The court heard that Barnett administered first aid to her son while waiting for an ambulance to arrive.
“It may have been as short as 20 seconds.” he stated.
“The danger present of this neglect was obvious”.
The BBC reports Barnett’s lawyer’s relatively weak defense of his client was that she was distracted by someone commenting on her Facebook page, not actively doing anything on Facebook herself.
The court also heard how she had let Joshua play out in the road. Her neighbours called social services after they were nearly hit by a auto. According to the Telegraph, relatives had warned Barnett to fence off or cover the pond.
“Any mother going about the house can be distracted by a telephone or a washing machine”.
The courtroom been told that in fact Barnett implemented medical her son while watching for a police vehicle with their lights on coming in. You will have to live with that for the remainder of your life.
“If you should have any further children, they will nearly certainly be removed from you”.
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She was criticised by the judge for her “bad parenting” and told she posed a “serious risk” to any child for whom she had responsibility.
