Killer childminder Karen Foster has been sentenced to 12 years and seven months in jail following the death of nine-month-old Harlow Collinge.
At the time Harlow was killed, the childminder was caring for more children than she was allowed under Ofsted rules. It was a decision she had made 'for financial reasons'. She added: "I can still picture the room in Blackburn where we all sat, and the nerve of Karen Foster who could see the pain on our faces and continued to lie. She even put her arms around me, knowing what she had done.Emergency services were called to an address Mill Lane, Hapton, at 1.19pm following a report the youngster had suffered a cardiac arrest. Baby Harlow was taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital where it was discovered he had significant and non-accidental injuries to his brain.
On March 1, Foster was arrested on suspicion of Section 18 grievous bodily harm. Following a 15 month investigation by Lancashire Constabulary, she was arrested on suspicion of murder.