Encomium
A Mum who went on a partying spree and left her five-month-old daughter to starve to death has been sentenced to more than 10 years of hard labour.
19-year-old Alyona Ipatova – dubbed ‘Monster mum’ – admitted she left her baby alone in her apartment in Russia while she disappeared for a fortnight.
When she got back, she found her infant daughter dead, a court in St. Petersburg has heard.
Judges refused her defence plea, even after her lawyer, Oleg Kiyashko claimed she had asked the child’s father to help look after their daughter.
