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Horror moment mum and her thug lover laugh as they wheel toddler’s body around in pram after he beat tot to death
Her mum 'stood by and watched' as the beatings took place
THIS is the horror moment a mum and her thug lover are seen laughing minutes after he beat her two-year-old daughter to death.
Isabella Rose Wheildon, two, suffered numerous traumatic injuries as evil Scott Jeff carried out brutal and ultimately fatal attacks.
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The tot's mum Chelsea Gleason-Mitchell "stood back, watched and did nothing" as Jeff carried out a "regime of escalating brutality".
Isabella is believed to have died at a temporary housing unit in Ipswich on June 26 last year.
But the warped couple, both 24, kept her death a secret.
They instead pushed her body around in a wheelchair for four days after her death.
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CCTV footage shows the pair laughing and joking just half an hour after Isabella's death.
The couple dressed the lifeless toddler in a hood and sunglasses to help cover her face and disguise the heinous injuries.
Their trips out included taking her little girl on a shopping trip to buy computer gaming equipment.
Isabella was eventually found dead in a buggy at their home.
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Jeff was convicted of murder and two counts of cruelty to a child at Ipswich Crown Court last month.
He was today jailed for life with minimum term of 26 years.
Gleason-Mitchell, who admitted causing or allowing Isabella's death and two counts of child cruelty, earlier wept as she was cleared of murder.
She appeared to shake in the dock as she was jailed for 10 years.
Mum & lover 'wheeled toddler's body around in buggy for THREE days after she died from regime of escalating brutality
Passing sentence, Judge Mr Justice Neil Garnham said Jeff subjected Isabella to a “cruel campaign of violence and abuse which ended in her death".
The judge described former nursery worker Gleason-Mitchell, who “stood back and let that abuse and violence happen to your little girl”, as a “weak and spineless person”.
He said she was “so concerned about her own comfort and pleasures, and about maintaining a relationship with this man, that you would tolerate anything, including these dreadful assaults on your daughter”.
Their trial earlier heard how cops had been greeted by a "very strong smell" when the bathroom was unlocked at their home.
One of the officers pulled back the blankets to see the horror of "the face of a young child who was not moving".
Sally Howes KC, prosecuting, said: "He was aware of severe bruising on her face. She was cold to the touch.”
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The discovery was made after a woman made a report to police when she received a Facebook message from "a friend of hers".
Ms Howes said: "That message disclosed that her friend's daughter had died in her sleep three days before and was in her pushchair in the bathroom.
"That friend was the first defendant, Chelsea Gleason-Mitchell, and her daughter was Isabella."
A post-mortem found she had "extensive external traumatic injuries to the soft tissues of the body including head, neck, torso, limbs" and other areas.
She had also suffered fractures to both wrists and a "complex pelvic fracture involving several bones".
The severe injuries were likely caused by "either kicking or stamping or both".
The court heard Isabella was a "health, well-cared for little girl" before Jeff came into her life.
He began a relationship with Gleason-Mitchell in May 2023.
Ms Howes added: "From that time up to her death, Isabella was subjected to a regime of escalating brutality which was callous, cruel and ultimately fatal."
The couple lived together in hotels in Great Yarmouth, a caravan park and "camping in a very small tent on Caister beach" in Norfolk before they ended up in Ipswich.
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Gleason-Mitchell had falsely claimed she and her daughter were "homeless" and escaping domestic abuse from her ex.
CCTV footage revealed the couple had on numerous occasions left home with Isabella.
This included leaving her unattended in a caravan while they went out drinking.
Analysis of Jeff's phone also revealed videos he had filmed during where he was verbally abusive to Isabella to such an extent he made her cry.
Gleason-Mitchell, meanwhile, was sat just a few feet away and did nothing to intervene.
At one point, she was seen laughing when the camera panned round to her.
By June 12, the couple had run out of money for proper accommodation after sending requests for help to friends and family.
They bought a tent and camped on the beach at Caister-on-Sea for the next four nights.
But police were alerted to their presence and officers checked on their welfare.
They were moved to alternative accommodation, before an employee of a nearby restaurant was able to secure them housing for free.
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They moved into temporary accommodation in Ipswich on June 19, but were again seen leaving the flat without Isabella.
By June 19, she little girl is understood to have suffered broken wrists and bruising.
She was subsequently seen wearing a winter coat in the middle of June and large sunglasses.
The couple took the toddler out for a haircut on June 26, before returning home at around 3.15pm.
Jeff was seen with his arm in a sling as they returned, injuries said to have been suffered while beating Isabella.
Footage showed Isabella's legs still moving - making it the last time she was seen alive.
She is understood to have died later that day.
The couple said Isabella started to have difficulty breathing and they had attempted to perform CPR.
In the days after her death, Jeff's phone was used to searcg flights to Scotland and Amsterdam.
Police believe he was beginning a plan to hide their crime and flee the country.
They carried on as normal for four days, with Jeff buying a second-hand games console three days after her death.
But Gleason-Mitchell was in contact with a friend and told her something bad had happened.
She eventually told the friend Isabella had died and her body was in a buggy in their flat.
The friend contacted police, who began trying to track the couple down.
It is believed they tried to return to their flat, but fled after spotting police.
They were arrested in the early hours of July 1 in Bury St Edmunds, having fled Ipswich.
In a victim impact statement read to the court, Isabella's dad Thomas Wheildon described his daughter Isabella as an “extension of me”.
He said: "I miss her every single day."
The dad added that the little girl was was “perfect in every way” and “loved going to visit farms and the zoo”.
Mr Wheildon said there was “something wonderful about seeing life in your child’s eyes, it’s exhilarating”.
“That light inside of me when I’m around Isabella is now gone forever,” he said.
Speaking after the sentencing today, Detective Chief Inspector Craig Powell said: "As I said following the convictions, the murder of any child is the worst crime imaginable.
"No sentence will ever be long enough, but the court has imposed the most severe penalties that it has deemed appropriate.
“Throughout this entire investigation we have been fully focused on achieving justice for Isabella and her family, and that has now been delivered.
"We know nothing will ever bring her back, but we have ensured that the person responsible for her murder has been sentenced to a significant prison term.
“I once again want to pay tribute to the family who have had to endure the unimaginable pain caused by Isabella’s death, alongside the trauma of all the details that have been divulged during the trial. A trial which could have been avoided had Scott Jeff admitted his guilt.
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“The family have remained dignified throughout all of this and have provided me and my team with their full cooperation, trust and support, for which I am very grateful.
“None of us involved in this case will ever forget Isabella and as I said previously, she has truly touched our hearts, along with those of so many others who she met during her short life.”
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