Desperate
and thirsty, 7 year old Shanay Walker was captured on CCTV cameras asking a
shopkeeper for something to drink just hours before she was found dead at her home. The
footage shows her running barefoot into a corner shop the
night before her frail bruised body was discovered at the home of her
aunt and grandmother.
The
child was subjected to months of violent punishment by her 'strict'
churchgoing aunt and suffered a 'sustained, vicious and brutal beating'
before she died, a jury heard.
Her
aunt, Kay-Ann Morris, 24, and grandmother Juanila Smikle, 54, were
today June 5th sentenced to eight years and four years in jail, respectively,
after being found guilty of cruelty.
Morris was cleared of murder after the trial at Nottingham Crown Court.
In
the 46-second security clip, Shanay is seen wandering down the aisles
in her pyjamas before stopping to speak to the shopkeeper behind the
counter shortly before 9pm on 30 July last year.
The
following day, her body, covered with more than 50 injuries, was found
in her bed at the family home in Bestwood, Nottingham.
Shanay
suffered regular punishments at the hands of her aunt and grandmother,
who were given care of the child after her mother was forced to give her
up following depression, the court heard
The child's
death is now the subject of a serious case review by the Local
Safeguarding Children Board, who will look at whether any opportunities
were missed to protect Shanay.
The
court was told how Morris, a Seventh-day Adventist, shoved food in
Shanay's mouth and would strike her on the hands with a hairbrush.
Between
July 2012 and July 2014, Morris would punish her niece by dragging her
by the hair and stuffing clothes in her mouth. On one occasion, she
threw Shanay into a wall after she stole water.
She
also forced Shanay to eat food she did not want as a punishment for
stealing food, and told the child to run up and down the stairs
repeatedly, it was heard.
The
court was also told that her grandmother Smikle had cruelty 'in her
DNA' and had inflicted similar evil punishments on her own eight
children.
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Smikle,
54, was found guilty of four counts of cruelty, and jailed for four
years. Morris was found guilty of one charge of cruelty against Shanay
and sentenced to eight years in prison.
Morris was also charged with murder but was cleared by the jury.
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Source: UK Daily Mail
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Dis is so heart breaking, and RIP to her.
DeleteThis is just evil, so evil
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Why do you use so much space just to comment?
DeleteYou are only davido's driver oh u r using all this space...only God knows what u will do when u are his P.A........
DeleteHer aunt s obviously jealous of the sis and her beautiful mum.....God bless her soul
Just 8 n 4 years each? WTF???????? No justice. Mscccceeewww
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DeletePeople are just wicked. Lindaobserve
ReplyDeleteOMG!
ReplyDeletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said..
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Beautifulll gal.. May her soul RIP....
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***
I weep, so heart breaking...
ReplyDeleteI'm actually crying. What did this child do to deserve such? Why? Why? Why? Look at their evil faces! They should have been sentenced to death by hanging. May they never know a day of peace till they die. Just look at the beautiful little life they wasted. I'm so sad. May she rest in peace.
DeleteWhat a beautiful young girl. R.I.P. little one
ReplyDeleteWhy was she cleared of the murder??? So this poor little gormless won't get justice ba?
ReplyDelete* little princess * typo error
DeleteThis is so sad, she would have been safer with her biological mum afterall.
ReplyDeleteHmmmmm, so touching. Wickedness of people hearts is sth else. They deserves higher punishment to b dished out to them.
ReplyDeleteGod punish that her churchgoing aunt...RIP.
ReplyDeleteDats hw pple use Church as an excuse 2punish Lil ones!
DeleteRip bebe
The jail term is too small. Dey should get life time with hard labor. Continue to rest in the bosom of the Lord, little girl. Linda take note!
ReplyDeleteKia pple can be so wicked n heartless
ReplyDeleteThe jail term is too small. Dey should get life time with hard labor. Continue to rest in the bosom of the Lord, little girl. Linda take note!
ReplyDeleteKia pple can be so wicked n heartless
ReplyDeleteAwww... sad
ReplyDeleteSo sad. May her soul RIP
ReplyDeleteToo bad
ReplyDeleteOKORO UPGRADED**
How cruel can a human being be , shame on themm !!!!
ReplyDeleteChai...rip cutie
ReplyDeleteI just wonder how the mother the girl will feel, the aunt and grandmother should have been investigated properly before allowing the child stay with them,maybe she would have been better off with her depressed mother. Rip girl.
ReplyDeleteThis ish jst hurt me n Z's in lotta pains.
ReplyDeleteSomething like a spike pierced through my heart while trolling this tale.
Why did she have 2 suffer like this?
My evening hang out have being ruin cos of the sadness that enveloped my fragile Heart.
I"m kinda feeling like a lost Soul wandering in a deserted Universe.
This is is so SAD.
Seriously, some of these your comments. Either write a book, pursue a career in song writing, or move off
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DeleteLmao... U sure got the reply right @ anon 1:51.
Deletewickedness in high places... speechless
ReplyDeleteThey deserve life imprisonment with hard labour! See their wicked faces! May the innocent child R.I.P
ReplyDeleteThey deserve life imprisonment with hard labour! See their wicked faces! May the innocent child R.I.P
ReplyDeleteI can't even read through it all cos am gripped with fear.. God help us in this life.. Wickedness in high places..
ReplyDeleteWinches. What a wicked world.
ReplyDeleteN.P. Michael Jackson- Heal the world.
In peace do rest angel.
ReplyDeleteOh noooooooo
ReplyDeleteCRYING......:)CRYING....:) TEARS.........CHAI! MOM WHERE ARE YOU,PAINFUL DEATH
ReplyDeleteI cant believe how some people can just be naturally wicked. even to a kid? this story really touched me from within. I can only imagine what the child felt before she passed away. and she is such a beauty
ReplyDeleteAnd that was how this
ReplyDeleteLittle cuttie died
In the hands of wicked people
called aunt and granny
RIP Pretty Shanay
Hmmm may God help us
ReplyDeleteOMG!!! Even as a guy, the little girl's story almost got me in tears. Y r human being this wicked??? Infact, they should be killed or jailed for life. #Sadmood
ReplyDeleteFeel like shedding tears,Only God knows the amount of torture this poor girl went 2ru.Honestly I think the useless aunt and her devilish grandma shld be killed,this is wickedness for God's sake.I just wish this world will come to an end finally.this is becoming unbearable.Bullshit
ReplyDeleteMy prayer for the grandmother/aunty is dat they won't come out of that jail alive,i pray they die there.Amen so shal it be for them,
ReplyDeleteRIP pretty little one. Wickedness of the highest order. It's well
ReplyDeleteNot enough punishment oo chai
ReplyDeleteChain...my heart goes out to the poor innocent girl...may her pure soul rest in peace. But how come these guys only got 8 &4 yers, they ought to get more than that.
ReplyDeleteOh my God, tears and tears run down my eyes...my day is spoilt by this story
ReplyDeleteWhat's d meaning of d is rubbish bikonu? Children are so innocent no one should hurt them
ReplyDeleteChai wat a wicked world we live in.the aunt and the grandmother shud b sentenced to death
ReplyDeleteInnocent child....Rip
ReplyDeleteALL THESE SO CALLED RELIGIOUS PEOPLE ARE SO OUT OF TOUCH, THEY ARE EVIL MASQUERADE IN DISGUISE
ReplyDeleteBear all.....accept all....theirs nothing dat doesn't have reward...whether here on earth or when u leave....read d bk of Math 5:1... Don't b cruel to urself neither to someone else ....it doesn't pay u any better reward....be wise...
ReplyDeleteAm jst crying. God plz protect d defenceless
ReplyDeleteChia!!! Evil everywhere..... what did u gain from killing this innocent child? May God be the Judge. R.I.P little angel
ReplyDeleteI feel for her! I love Children so much! May God accept her soul. As for her Aunt and grand mom, God will judge them
ReplyDeletePeople should at list care for their children by them self,if you are not ready to care why given birth.the the mother of the child sorry,RIP to the little baby.
ReplyDeleteWat a cruel world,may God punish them more,RIP Lil girl
ReplyDeleteThis made me cried. God some people can be so wicked
ReplyDeleteWicked world
ReplyDeleteGod! Save us in ds world of wickedness.
ReplyDeleteTHIS is so sad. Poor little girl.
ReplyDeleteOh my God. I'm in tears right now. See d ugly looking fool of an aunt. May she rest in peace. Oh God!
ReplyDeleteOh dear!!! Such an innocent girl, may her soul rest in peace......
ReplyDeleteVery sad...The story is making me mad and angry. How do u deprive a child of a basic need such as water????
ReplyDeleteOmg dis pretty gurl...how can dey b dat cruel? damn! Ugly killers dat need 2 rot
ReplyDeleteAwwww...such a beauty!
ReplyDeletewhat cruelty, how can a grand mother be cruel to her own little grandchild, and even the aunt who should have taken the little girl as her own child, they chose to punish her till death, may they never know peace in their lives,even in that jail room, may their punishments be worst than what they did to that little girl. i wish it was even death sentence they passed on them. 4 and 8 years respectively is too small, it should have been life imprisonment. i am so angry. a lot of women are looking for children, if they were not able to take care of her, why didn't they let the social welfare know about it and may be they would have put her in a care home for children while her mum recovers.
ReplyDeleteSad...people can be very wicked o! RIP to her
ReplyDeletePeople are sick. Why take a child from it's biological parent and lead her to her death?
ReplyDeleteThis story is full of holes.
ReplyDeleteSheer wickedness! They sure deserve more than that........rest in God's bossom cutie,death has made u their senior now:(
ReplyDeleteit should have been jail for life ...wicked pple
ReplyDelete~make I go take one bottle of star beer~
Rest in peace to her
ReplyDeleteOh Lord keep me alive and sound to take care of my kids myself,please
ReplyDeleteOh Lord keep me alive and sound to take care of my kids myself,please
ReplyDeleteSad world!
ReplyDeleteAuntylindagoddaughter
Blood of God..wickedness in high places..
ReplyDeleteBastards
ReplyDeleteOh God look at the cutie that was molested and killed,,why are human beings wicked especially ones family members
ReplyDeleteChai! Leenu nwata Mara Nma n'ebughi njo ndi Obi-akpoa zilara ala muo n'ike. #crying
ReplyDeleteLyk seriously, dey ought to be given life imprisonment, dey just put an end to the life of ds innocent little gal
ReplyDelete#*karlishah*
Heartbreaking...may her soul rest in peace
ReplyDeleteGod should really protect our children whenever were not ard dem...
ReplyDeleteSo pathetic,she is a beautiful girl and a beautiful mum
ReplyDeleteEvil world. May her soul rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteThe evil remains in the grandmother eyes as seen in the picture.
ReplyDeleteI hope all their prison mates get the information that they killed a 7 year old child, they'll get real justice that way.
So sad,rest in peace little Angel
ReplyDeletekill em both, no remorse...Jungle Justice: Catch, Burn.
ReplyDeleteOmg!!God will punish them o!their jail term is too small...
ReplyDeleteSuch an innocent beautiful child, a victim of a long running insane tradition of black men fathering children like dogs! Bet the grand mother was a single mother with many baby daddies and same goes for Shanay's mom! Black American communities really need to check this as it is the cause of all their problems! Frustrated women and angry men.
ReplyDeleteThe judge deserves life imprisonment for this miscarriage of justice
ReplyDeleteSuch beauty gone too soon! How i wish they both die by hanging but judgement has been passed already!
ReplyDeletedis is wickedness.....some pple are just wicked....GOD will judge them
ReplyDeleteand this is the kind of Place people want to emigrate to.
ReplyDeleteHmmmmmmm. . .RIP poor little shanay. . .may God welcome yhu in paradise and may yhur soul find peace and joy in d end. . .i don't know yhu dear little one buh i jus loved yhu d second i viewed yhur pics. . .yhu looked so innocent and tender to have suffered dah much in d hands of those yhu called family. . .Rip dear little one.
ReplyDeletewhy all these wickedness?
ReplyDeleteAncestral plus household wickedness from one who experienced this personally... wicked and jealous mother and sister got the woman depressed in the first place to kill her and her offspring...
ReplyDeleteReally heartbreaking....rest on shanay
ReplyDeleteThey should both rot in jail
ReplyDeleteBoth of them will rot in jail
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