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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Katie Dickinson

REVEALED: Mother who was playing game on phone while her baby boy drowned in bath jailed - The Real Truth

Charlie Goodall (Durham Constabulary) - (PA Media)

A mother who was playing a cooking game on her phone while her baby son drowned in the bath has been jailed for seven years for manslaughter.

Seven-month-old Charlie Goodall died after falling over in an unstable bath seat as his mother Danielle Massey left him alone “for a prolonged period of time” at their home in County Durham.

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