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10/08/2007
Couple Found Guilty Of Killing Girl
A mother and her boyfriend have been found guilty of brutally murdering a four-year-old girl.
Her mother Sharon Wright, 23, and Peter Seaton, 22, were accused of killing Leticia Aalayah Wright in their home at Almondbury Bank, Huddersfield, West Yorks.
The girl was found by paramedics lying bruised and naked on her living room floor, on November 18 last year.
Wright and Seaton were convicted after a four-week trial at Bradford Crown Court.
The girl was covered in bruises, as well as cigarette burns and bite marks.
She died having received more than 100 injuries, and suffered trauma to her head and abdomen said to be equivalent to to a major road traffic accident.
Wright and Seaton denied the charges.
(CD)
Her mother Sharon Wright, 23, and Peter Seaton, 22, were accused of killing Leticia Aalayah Wright in their home at Almondbury Bank, Huddersfield, West Yorks.
The girl was found by paramedics lying bruised and naked on her living room floor, on November 18 last year.
Wright and Seaton were convicted after a four-week trial at Bradford Crown Court.
The girl was covered in bruises, as well as cigarette burns and bite marks.
She died having received more than 100 injuries, and suffered trauma to her head and abdomen said to be equivalent to to a major road traffic accident.
Wright and Seaton denied the charges.
(CD)
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