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RIP little Isabella (TW)

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TheTwirlyPoos · 08/10/2024 21:13

Another horrendous case of a toddler being abused and killed at the hands of her mother's boyfriend whilst her 'mother' did nothing. The details are horrendous.

RIP little girl. You deserved so very much more

OP posts:
Justcallmebebes · 08/10/2024 22:26

BoxOfCards · 08/10/2024 22:15

I really wish the press would stop using the term “stepfather” in these cases.
Someone who has been with the parent a matter of weeks or months is a boyfriend / girlfriend not a step-parent

Well said. Couldn't agree more

Ubugly · 08/10/2024 22:27

Roundthemoon · 08/10/2024 22:19

I feel that its a cycle that repeats itself.

My mother was severely abused as a child.

She then severely abused me. I would describe some of what she did as torture.

She tortured me. I had a disgusting childhood. She was cruel, heartless and abusive to me

As an adult , I did some research into my mother's childhood. She had been severely abused.

Right, she didn't have to go on and do it herself.

But after being severely abused herself, wasn't she more like likely to be cruel and nasty? How can you really love if you haven't been loved.

Severely damaged people abuse others.

That's why I won't have children myself, as I didn't want to continue the chain of pain

Edited

Awful and similar but I certainly haven't with my DC.

BirthdayRainbow · 08/10/2024 22:27

Roundthemoon · 08/10/2024 22:19

I feel that its a cycle that repeats itself.

My mother was severely abused as a child.

She then severely abused me. I would describe some of what she did as torture.

She tortured me. I had a disgusting childhood. She was cruel, heartless and abusive to me

As an adult , I did some research into my mother's childhood. She had been severely abused.

Right, she didn't have to go on and do it herself.

But after being severely abused herself, wasn't she more like likely to be cruel and nasty? How can you really love if you haven't been loved.

Severely damaged people abuse others.

That's why I won't have children myself, as I didn't want to continue the chain of pain

Edited

SOME abused people abuse others.

My childhood was full of abuse. I've never once hurt my children.

I am sorry for your experience but please don't perpetuate the shite that abuser have to abuse, do abuse, etc they can't give love as never had it.

I never had love or care for more than a few hours. Yet I love my children utterly.

edited as I missed an important part of your post. Apologies. I'm sad you didn't feel you could have your own children.

BirthdayRainbow · 08/10/2024 22:29

Justcallmebebes · 08/10/2024 22:26

Well said. Couldn't agree more

Posters on here do it too.

Patienceinshortsupply · 08/10/2024 22:30

There are threads on this site daily about women who are prioritising men over their children.

Until girls are brain washed at school and during teenage years that lads/men like this are pond scum, there is no hope.

Roundthemoon · 08/10/2024 22:33

BirthdayRainbow · 08/10/2024 22:27

SOME abused people abuse others.

My childhood was full of abuse. I've never once hurt my children.

I am sorry for your experience but please don't perpetuate the shite that abuser have to abuse, do abuse, etc they can't give love as never had it.

I never had love or care for more than a few hours. Yet I love my children utterly.

edited as I missed an important part of your post. Apologies. I'm sad you didn't feel you could have your own children.

Edited

I didn't say that all abused children go on to abuse though. Did I.

I said that a lot of the people you see in the news who are cold, cruel, sadistic and utterly shocking to children

Probably had a similar childhood themselves.

This does not mean that all abused children go on to abuse children, or the ones that do it are excused because they had a bad childhood.

But some of the people who've had the shit kicked out of them as children, can get very messed up themselves as adults.

Roundthemoon · 08/10/2024 22:34

RiP Isabella. It's a terribly sad case.

Expirationbutdesperation · 08/10/2024 22:35

Roundthemoon · 08/10/2024 22:19

I feel that its a cycle that repeats itself.

My mother was severely abused as a child.

She then severely abused me. I would describe some of what she did as torture.

She tortured me. I had a disgusting childhood. She was cruel, heartless and abusive to me

As an adult , I did some research into my mother's childhood. She had been severely abused.

Right, she didn't have to go on and do it herself.

But after being severely abused herself, wasn't she more like likely to be cruel and nasty? How can you really love if you haven't been loved.

Severely damaged people abuse others.

That's why I won't have children myself, as I didn't want to continue the chain of pain

Edited

It’s not always true I was severely abused and I have dc and every single thing I do or say is from a place of love and kindness and the constant feeling of never ever having my precious dc feeling hurt or scared in any way

ForeverDelayedEpiphany · 08/10/2024 22:38

TheTwirlyPoos · 08/10/2024 21:13

Another horrendous case of a toddler being abused and killed at the hands of her mother's boyfriend whilst her 'mother' did nothing. The details are horrendous.

RIP little girl. You deserved so very much more

I read this and felt so upset, and then looking at thr photos of that sweet, beautiful little girl just broke my heart. I've stayed at the Wild Duck Holiday Park where they were, and it's a great place for little ones like her - I truly hope she had the chance to be able to do the things that innocent beautiful toddlers should do. But, of course, instead of being spoilt on holiday, she was left alone 😢💔 I can't bear to read the details, that poor sweet baby 😢

ForeverDelayedEpiphany · 08/10/2024 22:40

Reading the article actually made me cry. I can't bear to think what those wicked people did to her.😢

AdultChildQuestion · 08/10/2024 22:41

I think sometimes there's a genetic predisposition to being a nasty parent. You don't necessarily inherit it though. My DM was nasty and fairly abusive, as was hers, and apparently hers in turn. I'm not. The gene has died out, I sincerely hope. It can be hard to separate nature from nurture - does an abused child go on to become an abusive parent because of what they went through, or because of their inherited character traits? Probably a bit of both.

Poor little Isabella. And where was her biological dad in all this?

HellsBells67 · 08/10/2024 22:43

They put a yellow carrier bag of purchases on top of her little lifeless body in the pushchair. Death penalty is too good for them.

Parsley1234 · 08/10/2024 22:44

3 weeks this is what is incredulous must of started the abuse from day one just too too too awful

caramac04 · 08/10/2024 22:44

The cruelty and callousness is beyond belief. The mother and boyfriend don’t deserve to be alive. They deserve the death penalty.
RIP Isabella

RainbowColouredRainbows · 08/10/2024 22:46

absolutelydone · 08/10/2024 21:44

wtf is wrong with some people?

why do so many single parents jump in to relationships with complete strangers.

how many kids have died due to a parents boyfriend?

makes me feel sick to my stomach.

RIP baby girl 🩷

Because society judges single mums.
Because society raises girls to get married.
Because society gives extra status to married women.
Because society views single women as having a problem.
Because society views being in a relationship as the norm and anything outside of the norm is weird.
Because single mums are often in a vulnerable position and people are less willing to help because they see them as having done something wrong, which opens them up to abuse.

Don't get me wrong, these two people are sick in the head and absolute bustards. I hope they never get out of prison. But please don't do the "why do single mums" thing because we can't be surprised when it's portrayed as a life goal and anyone not achieving that goal is a failure.

Allthegoodnamesaregonegone · 08/10/2024 22:47

That poor baby!

if authorities were involved why wasn’t she removed?

this hits too close to home, I once knew of a little toddler being beaten black and blue by the ‘dad’ mum also did nothing. I ended up calling the police and SS. They literally did nothing. Mum was meant to separate from the dad, but went and had another baby with him.

oakleaffy · 08/10/2024 22:49

Allthegoodnamesaregonegone · 08/10/2024 22:47

That poor baby!

if authorities were involved why wasn’t she removed?

this hits too close to home, I once knew of a little toddler being beaten black and blue by the ‘dad’ mum also did nothing. I ended up calling the police and SS. They literally did nothing. Mum was meant to separate from the dad, but went and had another baby with him.

Par for the course.
It really is just so depressing.

absolutelydone · 08/10/2024 22:49

RainbowColouredRainbows · 08/10/2024 22:46

Because society judges single mums.
Because society raises girls to get married.
Because society gives extra status to married women.
Because society views single women as having a problem.
Because society views being in a relationship as the norm and anything outside of the norm is weird.
Because single mums are often in a vulnerable position and people are less willing to help because they see them as having done something wrong, which opens them up to abuse.

Don't get me wrong, these two people are sick in the head and absolute bustards. I hope they never get out of prison. But please don't do the "why do single mums" thing because we can't be surprised when it's portrayed as a life goal and anyone not achieving that goal is a failure.

Tbf I did say single parents rather than single mums. It applies to both genders though. People seem to move at the speed of light. It is scary.

LemonPeonies · 08/10/2024 22:49

So many stupid women jumping into moving new boyfriends in when they have a young child. Not booting them out at the first sign of red flags and standing by while their child gets killed. Horrific.

oakleaffy · 08/10/2024 22:53

Oh that poor sweet child.
She looks so 'happy' in one of those pictures.

The brute who did this looks just like the type one would expect.

Expect in jail they will be protected.

Other inmates don't like child abusers/killers.

GardenGnomad · 08/10/2024 22:53

I had to Google this.
Poor little sweet baby. How can people be so cruel.
I hope they get life. Evil people.

Allthegoodnamesaregonegone · 08/10/2024 22:55

oakleaffy · 08/10/2024 22:49

Par for the course.
It really is just so depressing.

I’ll never forget the utterly blasé attitude of the health visiting team who never bothered to turn up to check the little girl, just did it on the phone. She was traumatised and there was a question of sexual abuse and the mother just let it happen and you know what so did social services, the police and HV.

breaks my heart thinking of them.

i was abused too and I can see the damage in myself, the traits, inability to manage my feelings and the gut reaction to lash out. But that is something I will fight and continue to work on for the rest of my life. But this, here, the cruelty inflicted on poor Isabelle, I can’t fathom that, how little humanity someone must have.

I hope she’s at peace now

ChampaignSupernova · 08/10/2024 22:58

RIP little Isabella. My heart breaks for her, her family (bar the monster that called herself her mother) and the poor jury who now have to listen to this utterly heartbreaking case. No sentence will really be justice. A slow painful death is what both defendants deserve.

FionnulaTheCooler · 08/10/2024 22:59

I hope both of them go to prison for a very long time, preferably for the rest of their natural lives but failing that at least until they are too old to have any more children. May every day of their sentences be a living hell for them.

PinkChaires · 08/10/2024 23:00

she had canabis and cocaine in her bloodsystem. What is wrong with some people??? How can a mother sit back and watch this happen for the sake of a man? Honestly some people will make excuses of how this is a byproduct of patriarchal society, but i dont believe this is. Its selfish people who care for nothing but what they want, not even their own child