Rare condition sees girl age at eight times normal pace

SHE is still at primary school and loves to play with her friends, but seven-year-old Ashanti Elliott-Smith is already turning into an old woman.

She suffers from an incredibly rare premature ageing condition — which means she is ageing at EIGHT times the normal speed.

Her body is already too fragile to cope with childhood diseases such as chicken pox and her heart is weakening.