Laura Heath, who is accused of killing her son Hakeem (Pictures: Facebook)
Laura Heath is dealing with a trial later this yr after she was accused of killing her son Hakeem (Footage: Fb)

A mum accused of killing her seven-year-old son by means of gross negligence will stand trial later this yr – nearly 4 years after his dying.

Asthmatic Hakeem Hussain, described as ‘the sweetest little child’, was discovered useless by paramedics at a home in Prepare dinner Avenue in Nechells, Birmingham, in November 2017.

The little boy had been exterior within the freezing winter climate and had suffered a cardiac arrest.

Makes an attempt have been made to resuscitate him however he was pronounced useless on the scene.

Prosecutors now argue that his mom, Laura Heath, of the close by Little Clover Shut, breached her obligation of care as she didn't administer his medicine and guarantee he had ‘an sufficient provide’.

The cost alleges she had been ‘exposing him to recognized bronchial asthma triggers’ and was ‘failing to hunt medical assist when clear his bronchial asthma signs weren't below management’.

However the 39-year-old mum pleaded not responsible to gross negligence manslaughter and two counts of kid cruelty.

Laura Heath posing in a garden (Picture: Caters News Agency)
Heath pleaded not responsible to gross negligence manslaughter and two counts of kid cruelty (Image: Caters Information Company)

Shortly after his dying, Hakeem was described by Julie Wright, his faculty’s headteacher, as ‘a most stunning little boy, an excellent buddy to many workers and kids, with a depraved sense of humour and an infectious giggle’.

‘He was a heat and generous-hearted soul who was proficient throughout many areas of the curriculum however particularly so in music and the humanities’, she stated in a touching tribute in regards to the teen.

Heath appeared for a pre-trial listening to over a video hyperlink from HMP Peterborough at Birmingham Crown Courtroom on Thursday.

As many as 50 witnesses are scheduled to provide proof in the course of the six-week trial set to start on March 14.

Hakeem Hussain died after suffering a cardiac arrest outside his home in Birmingham (Picture: BPM MEDIA)
Hakeem Hussain’s headteacher described him as ‘a most stunning little boy, an excellent buddy to many’ (Image: BPM MEDIA)

Throughout a 19-minute listening to the mum sat alone carrying a gray Nike hoodie, along with her hair in a ponytail.

She gave a double thumbs-up to the digital camera when Decide Paul Farrer QC requested to substantiate if she was the defendant.

Adjourning the case for trial, Decide Farrer advised the defendant: ‘Ms Heath your trial will begin on March 14.

‘Within the meantime, as you recognize, you're remanded in custody.’

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