A woman who murdered her toddler son and concealed his mummified body has been jailed for life.
Kimberley Hainey, 37, was found guilty by a majority verdict last month of murdering her son Declan at a flat in Bruce Road, Paisley, Renfrewshire.
Declan Hainey was last seen alive when he was 15 months old
She was also convicted of failing to report Declan's death to police or other authorities and of concealing his body at the flat.
A jury was told how Hainey had left Declan alone for "excessive" periods of time and failed to provide him with adequate nourishment and fluids.
On Wednesday, the Crown Office released photographs which showed rooms in the flat piled with rubbish.
One showed what appeared to be a travel cot or playpen filled with empty plastic bottles and debris while others showed apparently mouldy milk bottles.
At the High Court in Glasgow, Hainey was handed the life sentence and told she will spend a minimum of 15 years behind bars.
Hainey was also sentenced to seven years for attempting to defeat the ends of justice, which will run concurrently with the 15 years.
The court heard how Declan's body was "mummified" when it was found in March 2010.
Sentencing her, Lord Woolman said: "Declan's first birthday took place in April 2009, he appeared to have all his life in front of him.
"He was surrounded by a loving family and people thought you were a loving mother. A few months later he was dead."
You were Declan's carer. You did not allow others to get close to him. Instead you isolated him from your family, your neighbours, your friends and from the welfare services. None of them thought that Declan's life was at risk. You engineered that situation.
Lord Woolman, sentencing Hainey to life in prison
The cause of Declan's death is not known but he is said to have last been seen alive when he was 15 months old.
His body was discovered at the flat on March 30, 2010, when he would have been 23 months old. Experts said he had been dead for several months.
Hainey pretended her son was being cared for by family members or that he was at nursery, fooling people into believing he was still alive.
Sentencing Hainey, Lord Woolman told her: "You were Declan's carer. You did not allow others to get close to him. Instead you isolated him from your family, your neighbours, your friends and from the welfare services.
Declan's body was found in the squalid flat in Paisley, Renfrewshire
"None of them thought that Declan's life was at risk. You engineered that situation."
He added: "You embarked on a systematic and elaborate course of conduct to prevent people knowing, or suspecting, that Declan was dead.
"It was a lengthy course of deceit that prevented proper inquiries being made."
He said that Declan's death had a "devastating effect" on the family.
The judge acknowledged that Hainey had struggled with drink and drugs and that her son's death was a "huge tragedy" for her, as she said she loved the boy "more than anything in the world".
The Crown is considering whether a Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) should be held into Declan's death.
A Scottish Government spokesman said: "The death of Declan Hainey was an appalling tragedy and these shocking images simply underline the dreadful suffering he was forced to endure."
I think that this is absolutely outrageous, How could no one off not known what had happened too her baby, surely there must have been a unknown smell coming from her flat? Or maybe this was covered up by the unhygenic way that she lived.
I am glad that justice has been done for the poor baby that tragically lost his life, may he finally be able too rest in peace, gone but never forgotten x
A woman who murdered her toddler son and concealed his mummified body has been jailed for life.
Kimberley Hainey, 37, was found guilty by a majority verdict last month of murdering her son Declan at a flat in Bruce Road, Paisley, Renfrewshire.
Declan Hainey was last seen alive when he was 15 months old
She was also convicted of failing to report Declan's death to police or other authorities and of concealing his body at the flat.
A jury was told how Hainey had left Declan alone for "excessive" periods of time and failed to provide him with adequate nourishment and fluids.
On Wednesday, the Crown Office released photographs which showed rooms in the flat piled with rubbish.
One showed what appeared to be a travel cot or playpen filled with empty plastic bottles and debris while others showed apparently mouldy milk bottles.
At the High Court in Glasgow, Hainey was handed the life sentence and told she will spend a minimum of 15 years behind bars.
Hainey was also sentenced to seven years for attempting to defeat the ends of justice, which will run concurrently with the 15 years.
The court heard how Declan's body was "mummified" when it was found in March 2010.
Sentencing her, Lord Woolman said: "Declan's first birthday took place in April 2009, he appeared to have all his life in front of him.
"He was surrounded by a loving family and people thought you were a loving mother. A few months later he was dead."
Lord Woolman, sentencing Hainey to life in prisonYou were Declan's carer. You did not allow others to get close to him. Instead you isolated him from your family, your neighbours, your friends and from the welfare services. None of them thought that Declan's life was at risk. You engineered that situation.
The cause of Declan's death is not known but he is said to have last been seen alive when he was 15 months old.
His body was discovered at the flat on March 30, 2010, when he would have been 23 months old. Experts said he had been dead for several months.
Hainey pretended her son was being cared for by family members or that he was at nursery, fooling people into believing he was still alive.
Sentencing Hainey, Lord Woolman told her: "You were Declan's carer. You did not allow others to get close to him. Instead you isolated him from your family, your neighbours, your friends and from the welfare services.
Declan's body was found in the squalid flat in Paisley, Renfrewshire
"None of them thought that Declan's life was at risk. You engineered that situation."
He added: "You embarked on a systematic and elaborate course of conduct to prevent people knowing, or suspecting, that Declan was dead.
"It was a lengthy course of deceit that prevented proper inquiries being made."
He said that Declan's death had a "devastating effect" on the family.
The judge acknowledged that Hainey had struggled with drink and drugs and that her son's death was a "huge tragedy" for her, as she said she loved the boy "more than anything in the world".
The Crown is considering whether a Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) should be held into Declan's death.
A Scottish Government spokesman said: "The death of Declan Hainey was an appalling tragedy and these shocking images simply underline the dreadful suffering he was forced to endure."
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