Heath had also admitted four counts of child cruelty before trial, including failing to provide proper medical supervision and exposing Hakeem to asthma triggers: including heroin, crack and cigarettes. She also turned her son’s asthma inhalers into pipes to smoke medicine. During her trial, jurors heard that education, health and social workers had voted to protect Hakeem at a child protection conference. However, the meeting had ended with an agreement that the family’s social worker would speak to Heath detailing the outcome of the meeting – so, just two days later, Hakeem was dead.

Warning from the school nurse

In her evidence, Nechells primary school nurse Melanie Richards said she told the meeting Hakeem “could die at the weekend from asthma”, rating his safety as ‘zero’ out of 10. Hakeem’s father – who attended much of the trial – was in prison at the time of the boy’s death for an unrelated offence, and Heath had previously looked after other children. The SCR, published by the Birmingham Safeguarding Children Partnership (BSCP), said that in the months leading up to Hakeem’s death, Heath had been “volatile”, “difficult to track down” and had been lying to his school and social services, bullying some professionals with her. the behavior. Those who had worked with her described her as “difficult, challenging, rude, boisterous, abusive (verbally or via text) and demanding, she was also sometimes intelligent, expressive and when not on drugs, lucid”.


title: “Mother Of Boy Who Died After Turning His Asthma Inhaler Into A Crack Pipe Says He Should Never Have Been Left With Her Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-29” author: “Orpha Miller”


Heath had also admitted four counts of child cruelty before trial, including failing to provide proper medical supervision and exposing Hakeem to asthma triggers: including heroin, crack and cigarettes. She also turned her son’s asthma inhalers into pipes to smoke medicine. During her trial, jurors heard that education, health and social workers had voted to protect Hakeem at a child protection conference. However, the meeting had ended with an agreement that the family’s social worker would speak to Heath detailing the outcome of the meeting – so, just two days later, Hakeem was dead.

Warning from the school nurse

In her evidence, Nechells primary school nurse Melanie Richards said she told the meeting Hakeem “could die at the weekend from asthma”, rating his safety as ‘zero’ out of 10. Hakeem’s father – who attended much of the trial – was in prison at the time of the boy’s death for an unrelated offence, and Heath had previously looked after other children. The SCR, published by the Birmingham Safeguarding Children Partnership (BSCP), said that in the months leading up to Hakeem’s death, Heath had been “volatile”, “difficult to track down” and had been lying to his school and social services, bullying some professionals with her. the behavior. Those who had worked with her described her as “difficult, challenging, rude, boisterous, abusive (verbally or via text) and demanding, she was also sometimes intelligent, expressive and when not on drugs, lucid”.


title: “Mother Of Boy Who Died After Turning His Asthma Inhaler Into A Crack Pipe Says He Should Never Have Been Left With Her Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-30” author: “Annette Washington”


Heath had also admitted four counts of child cruelty before trial, including failing to provide proper medical supervision and exposing Hakeem to asthma triggers: including heroin, crack and cigarettes. She also turned her son’s asthma inhalers into pipes to smoke medicine. During her trial, jurors heard that education, health and social workers had voted to protect Hakeem at a child protection conference. However, the meeting had ended with an agreement that the family’s social worker would speak to Heath detailing the outcome of the meeting – so, just two days later, Hakeem was dead.

Warning from the school nurse

In her evidence, Nechells primary school nurse Melanie Richards said she told the meeting Hakeem “could die at the weekend from asthma”, rating his safety as ‘zero’ out of 10. Hakeem’s father – who attended much of the trial – was in prison at the time of the boy’s death for an unrelated offence, and Heath had previously looked after other children. The SCR, published by the Birmingham Safeguarding Children Partnership (BSCP), said that in the months leading up to Hakeem’s death, Heath had been “volatile”, “difficult to track down” and had been lying to his school and social services, bullying some professionals with her. the behavior. Those who had worked with her described her as “difficult, challenging, rude, boisterous, abusive (verbally or via text) and demanding, she was also sometimes intelligent, expressive and when not on drugs, lucid”.


title: “Mother Of Boy Who Died After Turning His Asthma Inhaler Into A Crack Pipe Says He Should Never Have Been Left With Her Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-17” author: “Dwayne Mcgee”


Heath had also admitted four counts of child cruelty before trial, including failing to provide proper medical supervision and exposing Hakeem to asthma triggers: including heroin, crack and cigarettes. She also turned her son’s asthma inhalers into pipes to smoke medicine. During her trial, jurors heard that education, health and social workers had voted to protect Hakeem at a child protection conference. However, the meeting had ended with an agreement that the family’s social worker would speak to Heath detailing the outcome of the meeting – so, just two days later, Hakeem was dead.

Warning from the school nurse

In her evidence, Nechells primary school nurse Melanie Richards said she told the meeting Hakeem “could die at the weekend from asthma”, rating his safety as ‘zero’ out of 10. Hakeem’s father – who attended much of the trial – was in prison at the time of the boy’s death for an unrelated offence, and Heath had previously looked after other children. The SCR, published by the Birmingham Safeguarding Children Partnership (BSCP), said that in the months leading up to Hakeem’s death, Heath had been “volatile”, “difficult to track down” and had been lying to his school and social services, bullying some professionals with her. the behavior. Those who had worked with her described her as “difficult, challenging, rude, boisterous, abusive (verbally or via text) and demanding, she was also sometimes intelligent, expressive and when not on drugs, lucid”.