Manslaughter conviction for mother of seven-year-old who died ‘gasping for air’

Birmingham heroin addict Laura Heath repurposed son's asthma inhaler as a crack pipe

A woman has been convicted of manslaughter after her seven-year-old son died in Birmingham alone and gasping for air" in a garden after suffering an asthma attack.

Laura Heath prioritised her addiction to heroin and crack cocaine", leading to the neglect of Hakeem Hussain, who died in the Nechells area of the city on 26 November 2017.