The parents of an 8-month-old heavily malnourished girl, who failed to seek urgent medical care because of their religious beliefs, have been jailed.
Brian Kandare, 29, and Precious Kandare, 37, from West Midlands, admitted to the manslaughter of their daughter Rebecca at Nottingham Crown Court.
Rebecca died of pneumonia as a result of malnourishment after she was taken to hospital on January 6, 2014.
She was found to have one of the worst cases of rickets seen in a UK infant and weighed the same as a three-month-old when she died at the New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton, the court heard.
Brian Kandare was jailed for nine and half years while his wife Precious was jailed for eight years.
The couple were part of the Apostolic Church of God in Wolverhampton which had strict views on modern healthcare.
Members of the congregation were encouraged to speak to the church’s midwife about medical problems before visiting the hospital or doctors.
If they visited a doctor without permission, members could be excluded from certain church activities, the court heard.
The parents handed over responsibility of their daughter to the church midwife three days before she died, believing the midwife’s ‘supernatural healing powers’ would heal her.
-Metro UK
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