Tag: Star Hobson

UK Review After Murders Urges ‘Fundamental Shift’ in Protecting Children

An independent national review into the deaths of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson has found they were not “isolated incidents” and suggested child protection needed to “change fundamentally” in England. The review team, led by Annie Hudson, the chair of the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel, said child protection teams made up of police officers,…


Sentence Increased for UK Mother Who Allowed Child’s Death

A UK court on Tuesday increased the sentence of a woman who caused and allowed the fatal abuse of her toddler daughter by her female partner. Frankie Smith, 20, was given an eight-year sentence on Dec. 15, 2021, for causing or allowing the death of her 16-month-old daughter Star Hobson. Her partner, 28-year-old bouncer and security guard Savannah Brockhill, was…


UK Woman Jailed for Life Over Murder of Girlfriend’s Toddler

A woman convicted of murdering her partner’s 16-month-old toddler has been jailed for life in England. Savannah Brockhill, a 28-year-old bouncer and security guard who abused toddler Star Hobson for months before she died from “utterly catastrophic” and “unsurvivable” injures, was found guilty of murder on Tuesday and handed a life sentence on Wednesday with a…