Little girl fell in pond and died whilst mum and gran tended to horses instead of watching her

A two-year-old girl fell into a pond and died whilst her mum and grandma tended to their horses instead of watching her. Masie Lomax-Newton was at her family’s farm with her younger brother, mum Emma Lomax-Newton, 30, and gran Cindy Molyneux, 52, whilst she played by herself.

On CCTV footage she was splashing in puddles, running back and forth around the farm and joining her gran before going to the pond by herself. During that morning in November 2021 she was unsupervised for thirty minutes when she fell into a fenced off pond, which had partially fallen down, Manchester Crown Court heard.

She was rushed to hospital but sadly died the following day. Both women previously pleaded guilty to child neglect and it was indicated to them at the time by the judge that they wouldn’t be sent to prison.

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Prosecutor Rachel Shenton told the court that on November 8 2021, two-year-old Masie and her one-year-old brother were taken by Lomax-Newton and Molyneux to Crab Fold Farm in Atherton for their regular daily visit. They kept six horses there, and also looked after other horses belonging to other people, the prosecutor said.

The women and children arrived at around 10am and proceeded to carry out various duties such as mucking the horses out, cleaning out the paddocks and general farm maintenance. Masie could be seen on the CCTV playing by herself, splashing in puddles and sitting on a bench near to the pond.

Ms Shenton detailed a few occasions when Masie was out of sight of both women for a number of minutes whilst playing around the farm, before coming