A MOTHER who left her three-year-old daughter alone in woodland is set to appeal against her sentence at the High Court in London.
Law lords must now decide if Michelle Jones, formerly of Lewis Avenue, Dallam, who dumped her daughter Charlotte at Gypsy Wood, deserves an earlier release date.
The appeal is now expected to be heard at the High Court either later this month or February, it has been confirmed.
Charlotte was left alone for more than 30 hours at Collins Green wood and it is believed she would almost certainly have died if detectives had not found her.
Jones was jailed for five years at Warrington Crown Court in May last year after admitting a child cruelty charge.
Minutes after that decision was announced, her solicitor John Law spoke of the prospect of an appeal, expressing concern for her welfare in prison.
Defence barrister Michael Davies at the sentencing hearing argued that Jones, who had a history of psychiatric difficulties, deserved treatment rather than punishment.
Today Jones will have served just under eight months of her sentence.
She would be expected to remain in prison for two-thirds of her five-year term as a long-term prisoner.
This is a probabilistic continent or country-group signal from public name datasets. It is not proof of nationality, ethnicity or personal background.
Likely region signal
UK
Country
from United States
- based on first and surname
45.7%
confidence
First-name region
UK
United States
42.1%
Surname region
UK
United States
49.2%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
rs at Collins Green wood and it is believed she would almost certainly have died if detectives had not found her. Jones was jailed for five years at Warrington Crown Court in May last year after admitting a child cruelty charge. Minutes ...
Prison sentence
five years
Jones was jailed for five years at Warrington Crown Court in May last year after admitting a child cruelty charge
