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Stirlingshire woman who looked after kids in filthy ‘house of flies’ home dodges jail

A WOMAN who looked after two children in a rubbish-strewn “house of flies” has dodged jail.

The property in which Sharmaine McAughey was living in Stenhousemuir, Stirlingshire, was found to be “swarming” with the insects, Falkirk Sheriff Court was told.

Sharmaine McAughey dodged jail
Sharmaine McAughey dodged jail

Prosecutor Catherine Fraser said police had called in relation to a separate matter and spotted that the blinds and curtains were drawn and the windows appeared to be blackened with dirt.

Ms Fraser said: “As a result of what they had seen, the police officers made arrangements to attend the following morning and view the conditions within.

“They attended at 8.30 am and the accused opened the front door slightly and immediately came outside and closed the door behind her.

“It was apparent she didn’t want the officers to see what was inside.

“She confirmed there were children there but initially refused the officers permission to enter, becoming quite agitated, asking that they attend at a later time.”

McAughey was informed the police would “have to effect entry”, and she eventually allowed then in.

Ms Fraser said: “When the police officers went in they were immediately met by a smell – a pungent odour – and they were swarmed by flies. The house was saturated in every room with swarms of flies.

“The hall area was littered with rubbish, wall paper was hanging off the wall in the living room, there was a half-loaf of bread discarded on the sofa. There were flies on all the surfaces, and they were swarming around the officers’ heads.

“The kitchen floor was covered with black bags of rubbish including food items, which had obviously been there for some time. “The kitchen surfaces were littered with dirty dishes and dirty clothing.

“There were empty food containers covered with fruit flies, which again were swarming around the room.

“Mould was discovered in the fridge, the stairs were covered in rubbish, the toilet hadn’t been cleaned for some considerable time, and the shower cubicle was filled with black bags of rubbish, plates and various other items.

“There was a film of dirt on the shower which meant it hadn’t been used for some considerable amount of time. There were piles of rubbish and dirty clothing on the floor.”

Bedrooms in the property were poorly furnished, with dried faeces on one of the quilt covers and on the walls, and empty alcohol bottles and cigarette packets lying around. Wiring at a plug socket was exposed and a small fabric dog toy was covered in fruit flies.

A duty social worker said that conditions in the house were among the worst she had ever encountered.

Mother-of-two McAughey, 29, pleaded guilty by letter to ill-treating the children – who cannot be identified for legal reasons – by exposing the children to unsanitary and unsafe living conditions at the property.

Murray Aitken, defending, referred the sentencing sheriff to a social background report, and said the charge related to two separate dates when police had called, in September 2019 and January 2020.

Sheriff Derek Livingston placed McAughey on a community payback order, placing her under social work supervision for two years, as a direct alternative to imprisonment.

 

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