The mum of a young boy who was run over and killed after he was left home alone has been jailed for neglect.
Little Malakye Hall, 7, was knocked down in August last year after he managed to get out out his house in Bradford.
Mum Wendy Hall, 33, left him while she went to see her partner, reports YorkshireLive.
A court heard that she left her phone with Malakye to play on, but he escaped the property shortly after she left.
And, when police came across the scene of the fatal collision, the damaged phone was found in the boy's possession.
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Bradford crown court was told on Tuesday that inquiries then led them to the house - which was in darkness with the door open.
Hall was subsequently traced to her partner's home and she was taken to the Bradford Royal Infirmary to identify her son's body.
Prosecutor Abigail Langford said the mum was interviewed the next day, when she admitted leaving Malakye at home on his own.
"She told officers she had left the door to the premises locked so that Malakye could not go out," Ms Langford said.
The court was Hall had moved from the address, on Lindley Road, to live with her sister but had gone back there to pick up some belongings, intending to take her son to her partner's but the boy changed his mind about going.
Miss Langford added: "She said she did not think Malakye could use the bolt on the back door."
"The Crown say this was a deliberate disregard for the welfare of Malakye. A deliberate decision to leave him in a house which had no electricity or gas."
Hall pleaded guilty to the neglect charge and was jailed for three years.
She also received an additional 18 months in prison for other matters.
Solicitor advocate Saf Salam, for Hall, said she had left Lindley Road two or three weeks before the death of her son.
Mr Salam said Hall, who had no previous convictions, had been diagnosed with a bipolar disorder and had suffered from depression and anxiety since her teens.
He submitted that Hall's culpability could be reduced due to her mental disorder.
"The police found your mobile phone in Malakye's clothing and you were to say you had given it to him so he could play on it while he was alone in that house which had no electricity or no gas," Recorder Tahir Khan QC told Hall.
"I've no reason to doubt you locked the door to stop him getting out but as we know he did with those tragic consequences.
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"This is category one harm in my judgment. The deliberate act of leaving Malakye alone and vulnerable resulted in his death."
Following his death, many tributes were paid to the popular youngster and he was described as a "happy and funny" child with a "bright smile."
One of his teachers described him as a "pleasure to teach" and said he would be "sorely missed."
And an online fundraiser saw more than 100 people donate almost £3,000 in just one day.
