Mum and paedophile boyfriend jailed for life for murdering her two-year-old daughter

Isabelle Rose Welsh was found lying dead at the foot of the stairs at the home she shared with mum Alexandra Walker, 25, in Thornaby (Picture: Cleveland Police/PA) A mum and her new boyfriend have been jailed for life for murdering her two-year-old daughter, who was also sexually abused before her death. Isabelle Rose Welsh was found lying dead at the foot of the stairs at the home she shared with mum Alexandra Walker, 25, in Thornaby, Teesside, last September. Her body was ‘covered in bruises’ – especially her head, neck, abdomen, back, as well as her genitals and bottom, jurors at Teesside Crown Court were told. Prosecutor Richard Wright KC said Isabelle had been a happy, healthy child until her mother started dating Harrison Simpson, 22, last summer. Walker searched Simpson on the sex o