The Misery Machine

The Case of Debbie Leitch


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This week, Drewby and Yergy head across The Pond to Blackpool to discuss the case of Debbie Leitch, a young woman with Downs Syndrome living with her mother, Elaine Clarke, in a terrace house in the town South Shore district. Rather than take care of her daughter's needs, Elaine spent Debbie's benefits on item for herself. She allowed her to live in filth, covered in scabies, and waste away to a mere 52 pound before she finally passed from the neglect. 

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Source Materials:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/257144155/deborah-ann-leitch#:~:text=Memorial%20www,Blackpool%20Unitary%20Authority%2C%20Lancashire

https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2022-02-24/mum-who-allowed-disabled-daughter-to-die-in-squalor-jailed

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/blackpool-neglect-death-deborah-leitch-b1821515.html#:~:text=suffering%20with%20an%20extensive%20scabies,the%20time%20she%20passed%20away

https://disability-memorial.org/deborah-leitch#:~:text=Deborah%20Leitch

https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/people/is-that-all-my-girls-life-was-worth-3603706#:~:text=In%202014%2C%20Clarke%20moved%20her,got%20to%20know%2C%20and%20cheeky%E2%80%99

https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/crime/lazy-and-selfish-blackpool-mum-starved-disabled-daughter-to-death-in-dark-faeces-covered-room-3584397#:~:text=Ms%20Muggerridge%20said%3A%20,never%20gave%20it%20to%20her

https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/crime/hastings-dad-blasts-vile-and-evil-ex-wife-after-she-is-jailed-over-daughters-death-3591852#:~:text=The%20heartbroken%20dad%20said%20Clarke,her%20mum%20by%20social%20services

https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/crime/coroner-probes-death-of-debbie-leitch-as-disgraced-mum-snubs-inquest-4824342#:~:text=Debbie%20Leitch%2C%2024%2C%20who%20had,South%20Shore%20in%20August%202019

https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/people/woman-who-starved-to-death-was-unlawfully-killed-inquest-finds-4827952#:~:text=extended%20family

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/mum-who-starved-daughter-to-death-in-squalid-bedroom-jailed/#:~:text=Elaine%20Clarke%2C%2049%2C%20,smelled%20of%20death

https://www.dreamindemon.com/community/threads/no-justice-woman-slowly-starved-her-24yo-down%E2%80%99s-syndrome-daughter-to-death-in-filthy-room.130767/#:~:text=,5%20kg

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/blackpool-neglect-death-deborah-leitch-b1821515.html#:~:text=known%20as%20Debbie%2C%20deceased%20inside,the%20address

https://news.sky.com/story/debbie-leitch-lancashire-mother-49-admits-killing-her-24-year-old-daughter-12524449#:~:text=Elaine%20Clarke%2C%2049%2C%20initially%20pleaded,unlawful%20killing%20of%20Debbie%20Leitch

https://www.facebook.com/itvnews/posts/debbie-leitch-24-who-was-born-with-downs-syndrome-was-discovered-dead-at-her-fam/934370962058913/#:~:text=Facebook%20www,in%20Blackpool%20in%20August%202019

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/tragic-dad-never-got-answers-175449564.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9jaGF0Z3B0LmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANLxEcRYo2vZy8pfYnw9_QkSvJv8HowDM7Z2YyrkXypHUneTh7dgfHLt4U_wVgzVou_JFTo1jfSSLXaC852C30uia88FGL1sLL5HEldjtO1yFugJM-kuxkFxo83hWwEH-X4Sa7ckQdyN8XWGcIILih7CQxpuvTo6mW1u9Zs96q7h

https://www.facebook.com/BBCLancashire/posts/a-coroner-says-debbie-leitch-died-from-the-effects-of-her-severely-emaciated-and/1073169711479544/

https://crimeline.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/R-v-Elaine-Clarke-sentencing-remarks-240222.pdf?

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1B4R4d8BeQ/?mibextid=wwXIfr

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-60560700

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