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Star Hobson’s death officially included in Arthur Labinjo-Hughes review

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The death of toddler Star Hobson will be officially examined as part of a national review originally launched over the murder of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes.
Star Hobson was killed in September 2020. Picture: West Yorkshire Police
Star Hobson was killed in September 2020. Picture: West Yorkshire Police

Sixteen-month-old Star died after suffering a cardiac arrest in Keighley, West Yorkshire, on 22 September 2020.

Her mother's partner Savannah Brockhill, 28, was jailed for life over her murder and her mother Frankie Smith was found guilty of causing or allowing the death of a child and sentenced to twelve years in prison.

Details surrounding Star’s life and death were initially set to “feed into” a national review launched over the murder of six-year-old Arthur, from Solihull, at the hands of his stepmother in June 2020.

The Department for Education yesterday (February 9) updated the review’s terms of reference to include a full investigation into Star’s murder.

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