A baby girl lay dead in her home after her partying mum failed to raise the alarm until it was too late. ‌

Natasha Birks, 37, had sole responsibility for Rhian Mahoney when she placed the five-month-old on a settee before cracking open a bottle of vodka and partying with a friend on the eve of her birthday. ‌

But prosecutors say Birks, from Stoke-on-Trent, failed to properly check on Rhian and did not notice her daughter had failed to wake for her feed in the middle of the night. The tot had already died by the time paramedics were alerted. ‌

The mum has now been convicted of child cruelty following the 2021 Normacot tragedy. As reported by Stoke-on-Trent Live , he is due to be sentenced in December.

The city's crown court heard Birks had consumed alcohol on the night of

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