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Mother Charged With Death Of Daughter In Brighton

A young mother has been charged with manslaughter over the death of her 20-month-old daughter last December.

Twenty-month-old Asiah was taken by ambulance to the Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital in Brighton on Wednesday, December 11 last year, from an address in Islingword Road in Brighton.

She died shortly after arriving at the hospital.

A postmortem and forensic examination later revealed she had died from neglect.

Verphy Kudi, 18, currently of no fixed address, will appear in custody at Brighton Magistrates' Court today (Monday, October 19th), charged with the manslaughter of her daughter

The prosecution, authorised by the CPS, follows an investigation by detectives from the Surrey and Sussex Major Crime Team.

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