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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Barney Davis

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Mother played cooking game on her phone while her baby boy drowned in bath | History Defined

Mother Danielle Massey, 31, left baby Charlie Goodall alone at their home in County Durham - (Durham Constabulary/PA Wire)

A mother who played a cooking game on her phone as her baby son was left alone to drown in a bathtub has been jailed for manslaughter.

Seven-month-old Charlie Goodall fell out of his unstable bath seat into the water after Danielle Massey left him unsupervised at their home in County Durham.

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