Brighton teenager jailed for allowing her daughter to starve to death

Verphy Kudi, 19, left her daughter, Asiah, alone for nearly six days while she went to London and Coventry

The mother of a toddler who starved to death after she left her alone for almost six days to go partying has been jailed for nine years.

Verphy Kudi, now 19, abandoned her 20-month-old daughter, Asiah, in Brighton while she went to London and Coventry to celebrate her birthday, go to a concert and attend a friend's party.