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21/03/2006
Parents jailed over death of children
The parents of two young boys who died in a fire at their home have been jailed for neglect.
Scott and Lindsey Miller were jailed for two years and 12 months, respectively, for child neglect.
The couple's two children, two-year-old Nathan and 18-month-old Jeremy Miller, died in a fire at the family's Northampton home in June 2004.
The court heard how the couple had locked the children in the bedroom of the house so that they would not be disturbed.
Nathan is believed to have started the fire in the bedroom. Both children suffered 80% burns in the blaze.
The court was told that the couple both had IQs of 66, which placed them in the bottom 2% of the country.
At sentencing, Judge Richard Bray said that the couple had encouraged Nathan to play with matches as a kind of "party trick". He told Lindsey Miller: "You continued to allow him access to matches even after you had been warned by neighbours and your mother.
"You effectively locked the children in their rooms by means of reversing the door handle and fastening of a tie.
"This was done for your own selfish reasons so you would not be disturbed."
(KMcA/GB)
Scott and Lindsey Miller were jailed for two years and 12 months, respectively, for child neglect.
The couple's two children, two-year-old Nathan and 18-month-old Jeremy Miller, died in a fire at the family's Northampton home in June 2004.
The court heard how the couple had locked the children in the bedroom of the house so that they would not be disturbed.
Nathan is believed to have started the fire in the bedroom. Both children suffered 80% burns in the blaze.
The court was told that the couple both had IQs of 66, which placed them in the bottom 2% of the country.
At sentencing, Judge Richard Bray said that the couple had encouraged Nathan to play with matches as a kind of "party trick". He told Lindsey Miller: "You continued to allow him access to matches even after you had been warned by neighbours and your mother.
"You effectively locked the children in their rooms by means of reversing the door handle and fastening of a tie.
"This was done for your own selfish reasons so you would not be disturbed."
(KMcA/GB)
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