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Social workers, the jury heard, accepted Smith’s story that the complaints were ‘malicious’ and down to relatives not approving of their same-sex relationship or Brockhill’s traveller background. Not for the first time political correctness, it seems, played a part in all this. The reality of 16-month-old Star’s tragically short life was captured on chilling home video and CCTV footage found by the police
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The jury decided it was Brockhill, a one-time pub bouncer, who was convicted of murder following an eight-week trial yesterday.īut Smith, who was found guilty of causing or allowing the death of a child, also had blood on her hands.īy the time of Star’s death in September 2020, she had suffered what Bradford Crown Court heard were ‘utterly catastrophic’ and ‘unsurvivable’ abdominal injuries, as well as two breaks to her shin bone caused by forceful twisting a 12cm ‘crazy-paving’ fracture to the back of her skull fractured ribs a laceration to a vein. This was the world Star Hobson inhabited, a world no child should have to endure: a mother who showed no interest in motherhood and was capable of cruelty, and a ‘stepmother’ who was truly wicked. She had been in a bad mood with Star for tearing up her signed ticket to a concert by pop band The Rubettes. Smith did nothing to protect her own daughter from her girlfriend and on one occasion held her head underwater to stop her crying, the court heard. She ‘found it funny’ – like something that might be featured on TV’s You’ve Been Framed – she would later tell the jury. It was here, in a separate incident, that she toppled on to the floor after falling asleep – that too was captured on camera before being set to music and edited in slow-motion by Brockhill, who was a constant presence in the flat. She was also filmed crawling painfully up the communal staircase to the flat in Keighley, West Yorkshire, where she lived – existed would be more accurate – with her mum. The abuse was inflicted over a three-hour period. Star received a total of 21 blows that time. The reality of 16-month-old Star’s tragically short life was captured on chilling home video and CCTV footage found by the police.Īmongst the most disturbing was a clip of Brockhill slapping Star, punching her in the face and stomach, and hitting her while feeding her with a bottle. This is the little girl her mother Frankie Smith and her partner Savannah Brockhill wanted us to see that of a smiling, happy, beautiful toddler.īut it was a grotesque lie, a perversion of the truth. A third shows her curled up on the sofa next to her teddy bear. In another, she has a blue bow in her hair. In one picture, she is dressed all in pink wearing a tiara. You can still see her gazing at the world in wonder on Facebook. Star is beaten to death on September 22, the day a social worker was due to meet Smith before the latter postponed the appointment. Brockhill is caught on camera repeatedly hitting Star while inside a car at a recycling plant where she worked. They accept the accidental explanation for bruising and close the file on September 15. Social workers visit Smith and Brockhill with the child.
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SEPTEMBER: Frank Smith, Star's great-grandfather, makes the fifth social services referral over a video showing bruising. Toward the end of the month Rachel Whiteley, a family friend, makes the fourth social services referral over concerns for the health of Star. Police and social services take the child to hospital to be checked up and accept that her injuries are accidental.
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Around the same time, Star's father makes a third referral to social services over a photo showing bruising. JUNE: Smith's elder sister sends photos of the injured infant to police. Smith and Brockhill are visited by social workers, who accept claims that the report was 'malicious' due to the family's dislike of the same-sex relationship. MAY: Days after Star leaves, Anita Smith makes the second referral to social services. Case is closed a month later.įEBRUARY: Star goes to live with her great-grandmother Anita Smith for ten weeks and her health improves.ĪPRIL: Smith takes Star with her and moves into a housing association flat in Keighley, West Yorkshire. Police and social services visit the family. JANUARY 2020: First social services referral from babysitter Hollie Jones.
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NOVEMBER: Her mother, Frankie Smith, splits from Star's father Jordan Hobson, a university student, and begins a relationship with Savannah Brockhill