Mother, Stepfather Jailed Over Toddler’s Death in ‘Cage Bed’

A judge called the bed that Ellie-May died in on March 23, 2017, "quite literally a death trap." Lancashire Constabulary

A woman and her ex who strapped a 19-month-old girl down in a “cage bed” have been each sentenced to 10 years in prison, it was reported.

The toddler, Ellie-May Minshull-Coyle, died after she was restrained in her bed in Preston, in northwest England, in an incident described as “monstrous,” the BBC reported.