Woman jailed for 22 years over ‘cold-blooded’ manslaughter of starved 5-year-old son

A woman who pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of her son has been jailed for 22 years, with the judge describing her acts of starving the boy to severe malnutrition as “cold-blooded annihilation.” The 37-year-old woman, identified as “L.S.T.,” received her sentence for manslaughter and ill-treatment of a child at the High Court on Monday. […]

By Hillary Leung