The drug den of a mum who was found guilty of gross negligence after her son died following an asthma attack has now been exposed.
Laura Heath, 40, was convicted for the death of Hakeem Hussain, seven, on Friday.
The youngster was made to live in squalor in the final months of his life.
He was forced to sleep on the sofa as his mum commandeered the bed for sex work.
Heath used the money she made to fund her drug addictions, while Hakeem was made to sleep on the sofa in the filthy house in Birmingham.
She left her son to die alone in 2017 in the garden from an asthma attack and even used his inhalers to smoke drugs, BirminghamLive reports.
These images show the cluttered and dirty home where the severely asthmatic boy was exposed to heroin and crack cocaine before his death.
The boy was forced to live in the unhygienic property that heaved with the oppressive stench of cigarettes - or worse.
Images show a living room with clutter on the coffee table and a small pillow on the sofa.
The bedroom has a filthy mattress on the bed that is covered by a small blanket with a loo roll on it.
Another image shows a counter with papers and rubbish piled high.
Last week, Heath was found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter following the trial at Coventry Crown Court.
She had previously admitted to four counts of child cruelty.
Sickening photos emerged of the cramped family home, with rubbish piled up in dirty rooms that stunk of “raw smoke”.
Police also found Hakeem’s asthma pumps wrapped in foil next to drug paraphernalia.
In the lead up to Hakeem’s tragic death, a school nurse warned he could “die over the weekend” as his breathing got worse “day by day”.
On November 26, 2017, the youngster had gone outside at night to get air, something he often did when his asthma took a turn for the worse.
By the morning, Hakeem was found dead, his body “freezing” in the garden, clutching a leaf in his hand.
After his death, high concentrations of heroin and cocaine were found in Hakeem’s hair, which in an adult would indicate “active use”.
His lungs were also "hyper-inflated, narrowed, stiffened and inflamed as a consequence of neglect".
Prosecutor Matthew Brook said: "The defendant deliberately prioritised her addiction to heroin and crack cocaine and flouted the medical advice that she received that would have kept her son's asthma under control."
In the final months of Hakeem’s life, a referral was made to Birmingham Children’s Services after he recorded 59 unauthorised absences from school.
He also ended up in hospital on three separate occasions, the latest only a month before he died.
A serious case review launched into his death found there were “clear missed opportunities”.
Heath will be sentenced next Thursday.
