Daughter jailed over death of pensioner left sitting in chair
Daughter Linda Farr jailed for 20 months for negligence of her mum
Linda Farr was jailed for 20 months, suspended for two years, after admitting gross negligence manslaughter of her 86-year-old mother, Stafford Crown Court officials said.
Frail Doreen Shufflebotham died on September 6 2016, after becoming increasingly unwell with a catalogue of injuries and health conditions.
She had a femur fracture, which had become infected, and suffered a pulmonary embolism, sepsis, deep-vein thrombosis and acute bacterial meningitis, Staffordshire Police said.
In a statement issued following sentencing, the force said: “Medical experts estimated that Doreen had not moved from the chair that she was sat in for approximately 8-12 months.“
Three days after her mother's death, Farr, 68, of Cardiff Grove, Stoke-on-Trent, was arrested and later charged.