Girl, 13, died watching Tipping Point as mum who 'didn't think she needed to go to hospital' went out drinking

A teenage girl died watching TV quiz show Tipping Point after her mum left her and went out drinking, an inquiry has heard.

Sharon Goldie, 49, refused to let Robyn, 13, go to hospital and believed she was suffering from a 'stomach bug'. But when she returned to her home in Wishaw, Scotland, Robyn was unresponsive on the sofa.

Goldie and her friend, Jim Duffy, sat outside drinking but when he checked on Robyn she was not breathing and rigor mortis had set in, a fatal accident inquiry at Hamilton Sheriff Court in South Lanarkshire, Scotland was told.

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In evidence, Goldie claimed she believed Robyn was 'exaggerating' her symptoms in July 2018 and had left her in the house to go out, reports Glasgow Live.

She said: "I thought she was getting better and didn't need to go to hospital. I told her only people with heart attacks need ambulances and I didn't think it was a hospital job. I thought it was a stomach bug and paracetamol and ibuprofen would be what the doctor would give her."

Medics later discovered Robyn had developed peritonitis and then suffered a perforated duodenal ulcer. She added: "I knew she was unwell but didn't think she needed an ambulance. I left her watching Tipping Point doubled up on the couch, she liked Tipping Point, and I locked the door behind me and left."

Goldie, of Kilsyth, was jailed for three years and six months in 2020 after admitting wilful ill treatment and neglect between July 2017 and July 2018. She admitted failing to provide Robyn with adequate food, clothing or heating, hitting her and permitting her to smoke cannabis and drink alcohol.

She also pleaded guilty to exposing her to unhygienic living