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On the way, Borrington allegedly told the ambulance driver 'it always happened when Harvey was with her' and related how he had broken his arm while in her care some weeks previously.īorrington had also texted Harvey's father, telling him: '(Harvey) got up and was running riot, playing happily as ever, running between the sofas and then stood up on one and just came backwards.smacking his head off the floor.'īorrington told how she was 'sat on the sofa' when it happened, but later told her neighbour she had been stood near the kitchen and 'ran' to help Harvey.
When paramedics arrived, at 2.15pm, they saw Harvey was 'floppy', his eyes 'fixed', and he had vomited, so it was decided to take him to hospital. While waiting for the ambulance, Borrington sent Harvey's father another text saying 'Don't leave the kids with me again'. That neighbour later told of having heard a 'thud' from the Borrington's home before the stepmother started 'hammering' on her door. It was only three minutes after filming Harvey she rang 999 and while waiting to be connected ran to a neighbour and brought them to help. Harvey Borrington died in hospital after suffering a serious head injury while at home in August 2021 with his stepmother Nottingham Queen's Medical Centre is pictured. Rather than call 999, she then texted Harvey's father - out at the cinema - and said: 'Why does this happen to me?' 'The lifting and dropping of his arm in that way, similarly, appears to show indifference to the obvious severity of his condition.' Mr Hankin added: 'The tone of her voice, when calling Harvey's name, in her attempts to rouse him - if that's an accurate description, we say it is not - suggest an absence of compassion. She later claimed the video was to show paramedics - though she did not, jurors heard. 'Her instinct, seeing a child unconscious and in distress having sustained serious injury following a fall, is to reach for her phone and make a video rather than call an ambulance,' said Mr Hankin. Mr Hankin said the defendant's behaviour was 'very unusual in the circumstances'. She can then be seen taking the boy's left arm, lifting it up, and letting it drop loosely to the floor, before continuing to film as he moans, and lies, unmoving on a living-room rug. Leila Borrington, of Main Road, Jacksdale (pictured), was acquitted of murder but convicted of manslaughter after the toddler suffered a serious head injury at home on August 7, 2021 On the video - shot on Borrington's phone and sent to Harvey's father who was out at that time - she can he heard saying 'Harvey, Harv', while he continues to moan.
Jurors were shown footage, filmed by Borrington just moments after Harvey's collapse, with the little boy seen lying on his right side, his arms out in front of him, and heard moaning. Harvey, who was autistic and non-verbal, was taken to nearby King's Mill Hospital, in Mansfield, and then transferred to Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre, but later died. Jonas Hankin KC, opening the prosecution's case, said Borrington had been at home caring alone for the youngster while Harvey's father had been at work when it was likely the fatal injury was 'inflicted' at the couple's home. Harvey, who spent most weekends with Borrington, died in hospital on August 9 after paramedics were called to the address and found him 'deeply unconscious', 'unresponsive' and with 'abnormal body posture'.
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The killer stepmother, who will be sentenced on March 16, wiped away tears with the back of her hands after the verdicts.Ī trial which started on November 16 last year was told Harvey sustained fatal head injuries, including a fractured skull and a bleed on the brain, at Borrington's home in Main Road, Jacksdale, near Mansfield, on August 7 2021.
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