Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
10%
2 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
68/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
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Crime & Law
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
The parents of a newborn baby girl believed to have died after ingesting cocaine through breast feeding have been spared jail.
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parents → believe → jail
Darcey Maunder was discovered unresponsive on a bed in a hotel in Newquay, Cornwall on November 11.
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Maunder → discover → November
Her parents, Andrew Maunder and Rochelle Thomas, had been using cocaine at the time - which caused the 9-day-old baby 'unnecessary suffering' and put her health at risk, Truro Crown Court heard.
But a judge took an 'exceptional view' and handed both parents a suspended jail sentence after they admitted a charge of child cruelty.
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they → use → cruelty
Following Darcey's birth on November 2, 2023, Thomas's mother came down to Cornwall to support her, before they all travelled to the north of the country.
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they → follow → country
The family stayed in a hotel on November 8 - but three days later Thomas's mother called for her daughter and heard screaming from their room, flinging the door open to find Darcey unresponsive on the bed.
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Darcey → stay → bed
Police and paramedics raced to the scene but could not revive Darcey - whose parents were said to be 'significantly distraught'.
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parents → race → Darcey
Maunder admitted using cocaine in the hotel room with his wife where tubes, scales and a plastic bag containing the drug were found.
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tubes → admit → drug
A judge took an 'exceptional view' and handed both parents a suspended jail sentence after they admitted a charge of child cruelty.
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they → take → cruelty
Truro Crown Court is pictured
Hair strands belonging to Thomas were analysed and found to contain cocaine - indicating regular use, including during her pregnancy.
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strands → picture → pregnancy
Prosecutor Joss Ticehurst said Maunder had also used cocaine, adding both parents using the drug had put their daughter at risk.
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parents → say → risk
The prosecutor said Darcey may have ingested the Class A drug either through breast feeding, through the drug being on their fingers or on contaminated items in the room which could have caused a fatal reaction.
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which → say → reaction
But he told the court it was not possible to say whether cocaine or overlaying in bed had ultimately resulted in the fatality.
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cocaine → tell → fatality
Maunder admitted snorting up to four lines of cocaine in the bathroom and Thomas said she had taken some two days after Darcey's birth and while eight months pregnant.
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she → admit → birth
Miss Victoria Bastock, defending Maunder, said: 'It was a tragic set of circumstances and a tragedy keenly felt by the two defendants who very much loved their daughter.'
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who → defend → daughter
Judge Simon Carr described the cases as 'extremely emotional' but added he was taking an 'exceptional course' because the incident took place three years ago.
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incident → describe → place
He said he wanted to 'make it clear' the defendants were not responsible for Darcey's death - because the prosecution were unable to find the cause.
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prosecution → say → cause
But Mr Carr added the cause was 'most likely she ingested the cocaine through breast feeding'.
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she → add → feeding
The judge said Thomas, now 30, had endured a traumatic childhood, suffering with PTSD and depression and had taken cocaine as a coping mechanism.
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Thomas → say → mechanism
He said Maunder, now 29, had abused alcohol and drugs and had poor mental health - but showed 'genuine remorse'.
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Maunder → say → remorse
'Nothing I say will bring Darcey back,' he said, insisting immediate custody would be futile.
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custody → say → Darcey
Mr Carr sentenced the pair to 30 months in jail, suspended for three years, with 12 months probation alongside a drug rehab requirement for Thomas.
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Carr → sentence → Thomas
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