Police worker jailed over mother’s death

A CIVILIAN police worker who allowed her mother to starve to death in “almost indescribable squalor” has been jailed for 30 months.

Angela Pearson, 53, of Guiseley, Leeds, was convicted of the manslaughter of Eileen Pearson, 82, by gross negligence.

The West Yorkshire Police employee failed to provide adequate care to her mother.