A woman has been jailed for 10 months over a child neglect

Amanda with her son

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A 30 year old woman Amanda Hardie, of East Kilbride, whose son was found dead at an Inverness flat, has been jailed for 10 months.

The two year old Clyde Campbell, died in his bed on 23 February 2014. According to Inverness Sheriff Court heard, the cause was cot death.

Amanda Hardie pleaded guilty to willfully ill-treating, abandoning, neglecting and exposing the child to unnecessary suffering in her flat in Inverness between 1 October 2013 and 23 February 2014.

The charge went on to say that she left him for prolonged periods and in particular during the hours of darkness unattended and without adult supervision.

Some of the sentences used by the court to describe Amanda’s ill treatment to her son include;

That a child should die is a magnification of the possible risks of leaving a child unattended. She has to take responsibility for that. This can only be dealt with by a custodial sentence.

Amanda Hardie had a duty of care towards her children which she chose to ignore, not only on the night of Clyde's tragic death but on several other occasions.

In March, Inverness Sheriff Court was told that Hardie often left his son Clyde in the flat when she went out to work at an Inverness nightclub until the early hours.

According to Fiscal Roderick Urquhart He said: "A neighbour states that, while the accused was out at work, she passed the accused's flat in the evening and heard Clyde Campbell crying and repeatedly asking for his mum. When she knocked on the door, no one answered and the crying stopped.

Mr Urquhart also told of occasions when Hardie made no arrangements for childcare.

The day that the Clyde died, A neighbor saw him lying lifeless in his bed and contacted the emergency services. He struggled to perform CPR until ambulance staff arrived a short time later and they formally confirmed the child was dead.

Hardie was contacted by a neighbor via Facebook and told her she had to return home as something was wrong, she picked up the message and later told police there was no babysitter looking after Clyde.

 SOURCE: BBC NEWS