Star Hobson: Toddler’s killer Savannah Brockhill vows to appeal in first interview from jail

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. In December, Brockhill was jailed for life with a minimum term of 25 years over the murder of her ex-girlfriend Frankie Smith’s 16-month-old daughter Star. Smith, 20, was cleared of murder but convicted of allowing her daughter’s death and jailed for eight years after a trial heard the toddler suffered “utterly catastrophic” injuries in her home in Keighley, West Yorkshire. open image in gallery 16-month-old Star Hobson died in September 2020 after suffering a punch or kick with force similar to a car crash The judge in the seven-week trial described how Star was “caught up in the crossfire” of the tumultuous relationship between Brockhill and Smith. open image in gallery Frankie Smith, 20, has been jailed for eight years for causing or allowing the death of her 16-month-old daughter Star Hobson, who was murdered by her former girlfriend Savannah Brockhill She alleged it was Smith who delivered the fatal blow, claiming she kicked out at her daughter to stop her from following her to the bathroom and accidentally caught her in the stomach.