Drug-addicted parents jailed for cruelty after death of baby

A CRYING seven-month-old baby girl died after being put in a compartment under a bed by her drug addict father, the Old Bailey heard yesterday.

The baby was placed in the space used for storing clothes and toys when she cried and a sock was sometimes placed in her mouth.

A manslaughter charge against the 37-year-old father was dropped after doctors failed to agree the cause of death.