Mum who let lover batter toddler to death freed from prison

The 25-year-old was found guilty of causing or allowing the death of a 16-month-old after her partner killed the child.A 25-year-old mum who let her partner beat her 16-month-old daughter to death has been released from prison after serving less than half of her sentence. Frankie Smith was jailed after her daughter, Star Hobson, died in 2020 following months of physical abuse, which culminated in her being battered to death by Smith’s lover, Savannah Brockhill, in September 2020.