Foster carer jailed after murdering baby

A foster carer has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 17 years after murdering a one-year-old child she was in the process of adopting.

Katie Tidmarsh was found guilty at Leicester Crown Court on Thursday of killing Ruby Thompson more than a decade ago after she died in 2012 due to suffering catastrophic brain damage.

The 39-year-old was told by sentencing judge Mr Justice Mark Wall that her victim was a "defenceless young child" and her actions "constituted a gross breach of trust".

On Friday, the judge told Tidmarsh she was "ill-equipped" to raise a child due to her mental health difficulties, adding: "You also tried to cover up what you had done by delaying medical treatment for Ruby."

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