Verphy Kudi, 19, was jailed for nine years at Lewes Crown Court last week, after admitting to the manslaughter of 20-month-old Asiah in December 2019.
The court heard that Kudi left her daughter alone in their Brighton flat for six days while she celebrated her 18th birthday at parties in London and Coventry.
Asiah was taken to hospital by ambulance on 11 December after her mother called 999 saying she was “unresponsive” but she was pronounced dead on arrival.
The results of a postmortem and forensic tests found that Asiah died from neglect.
Kudi initially claimed to have left her flat just once over the six days to travel to London with her boyfriend but pleaded guilty to manslaughter at a hearing in March.
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