| Location | Sheffield |
| Age | 3 years |
| Date of Death | 10/2007 |
| Visitors | 7,959 since 12/06/2008 |
| Creator |
Tiffany Wright aged 3 starved to death by her mother and stepfather. This little girl deserves to
be remembered, her story must be told.
A three-year-old girl as fragile as a 'tiny porcelain doll' died in squalour after being
starved and neglected by her cruel mother and stepfather, a court was told.
Tiffany Wright was 'unloved, unwanted and left to die alone' in her bedroom above a pub
run by the parents.
The sad little girl would be seen by passers-by staring out of the first floor window. She was
stopped from going to nursery and kept away from other children of her age, yet tragically no one
intervened to save her.
The Scarbrough Arms pub where the body of 3-year-old Tiffany Wright was found
It is difficult to imagine a more horrific 'natural' death. Weakened by lack of food and
water, Tiffany died from pneumonia.
Paramedics found her lying in a filthy bed in a beetle-infested room at the Scarbrough Arms on Addy
Street, Sheffield. The youngster had been dead for up to two days. She was shockingly underweight
and her body covered in insect bites.
Her mother Sabrina Hirst, 22, and stepfather Robert Hirst, 54, were originally charged with murder.
But the Crown Prosecution Service accepted Sabrina's guilty plea to manslaughter on the grounds
of 'gross negligence' and her partner's plea to a lesser charge of neglect.
Tiffany's stepfather Robert Hirst, 54, has been found guilty of neglect
The couple have also pleaded guilty to the neglect of a 12-month-old child.
Both were remanded in custody on Wednesday by Judge Alan Goldsack, QC, who adjourned the case at
Sheffield Crown Court for reports.
The court was told Tiffany's death was a result of repeated and severe malnourishment. A post
mortem examination found development of her bones had been abnormal, indicating malnourishment and
growth happening in bursts when she had been fed.
The pathologist also discovered the organ responsible for her immune system was 'much
smaller' than it should have been.
Seven months before she died Tiffany was seen by a health visitor and 'appeared healthy and
well.'
It is not known whether the family were involved with social services, but a multi-agency
investigation has been launched into her death.
Detectives believe the little girl had been loved as a baby and toddler, but when Robert Hirst came
into her life things were to dramatically change.
Not only was she starved of love and attention, but they failed to give her the most basic level of
care by denying her food and water.
Experienced police officers have been left shocked by the tragic case.
Outside court Detective Inspector Steve Williams, said: 'We think this neglect had been going
on for months and that those last few months, weeks and days of her life she was unloved, unwanted,
starved of attention and left alone to die and she would have known that.
'Children are a gift who should be cherished. Parents everywhere, those who have lost them and
people unable to have them will find this treatment unbearable and unthinkable.
'She was like a tiny porcelain doll, so tiny and frail and we all wondered how this had been
allowed to happen in this day and age.'
He added: 'This must never happen again and if people have any concerns at all or suspicions
about the welfare of a child they must call somebody because out of every thousand calls followed up
if only one turns out to be founded and a child's life is saved it is worth it.'
The Hirsts were licensees of the Scarbrough Arms in Sheffield. The court heard for over 13 months
before Tiffany's death, they were 'in a habit of leaving children locked up in residential
quarters upstairs.'
When the girl died last September police found the house in a squalid condition, with live
electrical wires hanging from the walls and one room where the family dogs were kept was full of
excrement and urine.
The court heard the decision to accept the mother's manslaughter plea had been made because it
could not be proved she knew her actions would have killed Tiffany. While Robert Hirst escaped with
a neglect charge because he started a new job, assisting a lorry driver, a week before her death and
was away 12 or 13 hours a day.
The judge said he had breached his duty of care to check on Tiffany, while Sabrina had never been
able to answer a single question as to how this child could die in her care.
Alan Jones, Chairman of the Sheffield Safeguarding Children Board, said he was 'immensely
saddened' by the tragedy and a serious case review was being carried out.
He said the inquiry would 'look at the involvement that agencies had with this family and to
make sure any necessary changes are made so that children in Sheffield are no longer put at risk in
this way.'
TODAY 27TH JUNE 2008
SABRINA HIRST RECEIVED 12 YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR MANSLAUGHTER
ROBERT HIRST RECEIVED 5 YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR CHILD CRUELTY.
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IF YOU WISH TO DISCUSS ANY ELEMENTS OF THIS MEMORIAL PLEASE EMAIL ME AT
sharonlbradford@hotmail.co.uk
xXx Precious angel xXx
No more pain or suffering little angel, safe in the arms of Jesus. Playing and dancing with all the angel babies. You now know love like never before baby girl. Lots of love Cora xXx
SLEEP TIGHT
Goodnight angel..
Sweet dreams and sleep tight
I have popped on your page..
To wish you Goodnight
Rest well with the angels..
Until dawn
I shall send you my love..
And will be back in the morn
So snuggle up tight..
With God up above
I wish you Goodnight..
And send you my love
copyright� Jackie Thomas 20/07/09.
All my love always XxXxXxX
a mother
sorry sweetie u was not protected from the very people who supposed to love,cherish and protect you,You are in a much safer place and can enjoy growing up and dont have to be afraid anymore..rest in piece little one xxx
***WITH LOVE TO YOU TIFFANY***
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*ღ* Lift your eyes up*ღ* by Josie Matthews *ღ*
Lift your eyes up to the sky
There is no need to stand and cry
For up above is the one you love
Being carried to peace on the Wings of a Dove
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*ღ* Heart Flight *ღ* by Lee Gilley *ღ*
Fly, little dove of white,
Into a sky of blue.
Fly, little dove of white,
Our hearts rise up with you.
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*ღ* Carry Me Home *ღ* by Lee Gilley
My loved ones do not cry And worry for me
For like the dove I have been set free.
God has called me
To my mansion on high
Just there among the clouds
In the deep blue sky.
I have no pain
No suffering to do
I have been called home
And I know you will too.
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GOODNIGHT SWEET TIFFANY, GOD BLESS.x
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A BEAUTIFUL STAR SHINES WHERE
YOU REST,
FOR AN ANGEL WE LOVE AND CAN
NEVER FORGET ***
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LOVE TO YOU ALWAYS ANGEL.xxx
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~~~ PRECIOUS CHILD ~~~
Precious little child of mine,
You were my sweetest dream;
When you took your journey Home,
I wonder what was seen.
I knew the angels whispered,
From the look upon your face;
I knew that you were going,
To a restful, peaceful place.
And while my arms are empty,
My heart is filled with dreams;
Of you at peace in Heaven,
That place eyes have not seen.
So rest my child in God's safe arms,
Let angels kiss your face;
Till then, I hold you in my heart,
Till I meet you in that place.
~~~For All Our Little Angels~~~
For all our little angels
Gone before they've grown
No one knows the reason why
The angels called you home
I've asked the Lord a million times
Why this should have to be
The angels whispered softly
One day you will see
That doesn't help us now
We're feeling sad and low
We need to understand
Why it is you had to go
But I know we will never get
An answer to this plea
Until we are together
In heaven for eternity
So many of us miss you
So many of us grieve
So many hearts are broken
Because you had to leave
Be happy our little angels
Remember each of us with love
Until one by one we meet again
With you in heaven above.
Copyright© Ingrid Aspey 24/6/09
Precious Child
by Karen Taylor Good
In my dreams, you are alive and well
Precious child, precious child
In my mind, I see you clear as a bell
Precious child, precious child
In my soul, there is a hole
That can never be filled
But in my heart, there is hope
'Cause you are with me still
In my heart, you live on
Always there never gone
Precious child, you left too soon
Tho' it may be true that we're apart
You will live forever... in my heart
In my plans, I was the first to leave
Precious child, precious child
But in this world, I was left here to grieve
Precious child, my precious child
In my soul, there is a hole
That can never be filled
But in my heart there is hope
And you are with me still
In my heart you live on
Always there, never gone
Precious child, you left too soon,
Tho' it may be true that we're apart
You will live forever... in my heart
God knows I want to hold you,
See you, touch you
And maybe there's a heaven
And someday I will again
Please know you are not forgotten until then
In my heart you live on
Always there never gone
Precious child, you left too soon
Tho' it may be true that we're apart
You will live forever... in my heart
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