Mom Convicted Of Giving Toddler Cocaine Gets Six Years In Jail
Posted July 8, 2010 12:17 pm.
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A mother convicted of giving her toddler cocaine was sentenced to six years in prison on Thursday.
Tamara Broomfield drugged her son Malique Broomfield Fitz-Charles for a 14-month period in 2004 and 2005. She then pretended not to know why he was sick all the time as doctors struggled to save his life.
Fitz-Charles, now seven, survived but has permanent brain damage which has made him hyperactive, non-compliant, impulsive and has caused him to throw temper tantrums.
Broomfield was convicted of assault causing bodily harm, aggravated assault endangering life, failing to provide the necessities of life and administering a noxious substance with the intent to endanger life in April 2009.
