A teen mum who left her baby girl to starve to death as she partied has been jailed.
Verphy Kudi left her 20-month-old daughter Asiah alone in her flat in Brighton for six days while she partied in London, Coventry and Solihull.
Prosecutors say Asiah died from influenza and starvation after being left unattended in the flat for days on end, Birmingham Live reports.
Paramedics were eventually called to the flat on December 11, 2019, after Kudi had returned and found her "incoherent, distressed and distraught" and her daughter lying on the floor.
Kudi, who is now 19, appeared in the dock at Lewes Crown Court on Friday for sentencing after pleading guilty to manslaughter.
She left Brighton on December 5 and went to London, where she spent her birthday with her boyfriend.
On December 9 she moved on to a birthday party in Coventry - 150 miles from Brighton - before returning to London the next day and then home to East Sussex on December 11.
At 6.12pm on December 11, ambulance staff arrived at Kudi's Brighton flat and Asiah was taken to the city's Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital but was confirmed dead on arrival.
Peter Wilcock QC, defending Kudi, said it is "truly a tragic and devastating case".
He added: "She herself, the defendant, is both very young and we would submit very vulnerable."
Sentencing Kudi, Judge Christine Laing QC said: "Asiah was alone in that flat for six days - less two hours - unable to do anything to draw attention to her plight.
"She was a helpless child and relied completely on you as her mother to provide for her needs.
"It is almost unbearable to contemplate her suffering in the final days of her life, suffering that she endured so that you could celebrate your birthday and the birthdays of your friends as a carefree teenager."
"It goes without saying that this is a particularly tragic case and it no doubt raises strong emotions in all who hear of it, but everyone should bear in mind that the charge I sentence you for is one of manslaughter - it being accepted that you did not intend to cause Asiah death nor to cause her really serious harm."
Kudi stood motionless as she was jailed for nine years and taken away by court staff.
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