Man found guilty of murdering toddler

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22 November 2024 at 9:23 am·1-min read

Breaking News — Jurors at Ipswich Crown Court have delivered their verdicts following a seven-week trial [BBC]

A man has been found guilty of murdering a toddler and leaving her in a locked bathroom.

Isabella Rose Wheildon was found dead in a pushchair at a temporary housing unit in Sidegate Lane, Ipswich, on 30 June last year.

Her mother Chelsea Gleason-Mitchell and former partner Scott Jeff, both 24 and previously from Bedfordshire, denied murder.

The jury at Ipswich Crown Court has found Jeff guilty of murder while Ms Gleason-Mitchell was found not guilty.

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