US EditionBaby died after being thrown from car when mum didn't secure straps
CLACTON, ESSEX, ENGLAND, JUL 25 – Morgan Kiely received a two-year suspended sentence after being found grossly negligent for not securing her baby, who died after being ejected from a car that rolled over.
- Morgan Kiely, age 19 at the time, was convicted of manslaughter after her six-month-old son Harry died in a car crash in Clacton on July 13, 2022.
- The crash occurred after Kiely and her friend Stevie Steel drank Prosecco at the beach, and the car rolled while Steel, who was over the drink-drive limit, was driving.
- Harry was thrown from an unsecured child seat through an open window when the Ford Focus rolled onto its roof, causing fatal injuries including a devastating skull fracture.
- Judge Robert Jay said Harry's safety was Kiely's responsibility and described the incident as a 'singleton failure,' adding that 99 times out of 100 the accident would not have caused death.
- Kiely was handed a two-year suspended jail term after the jury spent approximately five hours across two days reaching their verdict at Chelmsford Crown Court, underscoring the devastating consequences of a critical safety failure.
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Mum found guilty of manslaughter after baby thrown from car wasn't strapped in properly - The Mirror
Morgan Kiely, then 19, had been drinking at Clacton beach in Essex with a friend - her six-month-old Harry was tragically killed after being thrown from his car seat following a crash later that day
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