Disabled girl, 16, died ‘surrounded by her own filth’ as judge jails parents

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Kaylea Titford, 16, was found in conditions described as “unfit for any animal”, in soiled clothing and bed linen, following her death at the family home in Newtown, Powys, in October 2020. open image in gallery Sarah Lloyd-Jones arrives at Swansea Crown Court His trial heard Kaylea, who had spina bifida and used a wheelchair, died after suffering inflammation and infection from ulceration, arising from obesity and immobility. Asked during his evidence why he had let his daughter down so badly, the removals worker said: “I’m lazy.” Titford, who had six children with Lloyd-Jones, said the family would order takeaways four or five nights a week and he thought Kaylea had put on two or three stone since March. open image in gallery Kaylea Titford died after suffering inflammation and infection from ulceration, arising from obesity and immobility Caroline Rees KC, prosecuting, asked Titford: “She hadn’t been out of bed, had she?” But he claimed he had seen her in the kitchen of the house in her wheelchair during that period, despite telling police in an interview that he had not seen her out of bed.