Jump to full article: The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk), 2009-01-22
Author: Daily Mail Reporter
Intro: A young mother who allowed her three-year-old son to smoke cigarettes at home was freed by a judge today - for her children's sake.
Mother-of-three Kelly Marie Pocock, 24, was accused of letting the little boy smoke in his bedroom and around the house.
A court heard family friend was so concerned she used her mobile phone to film the youngster puffing away.
She handed the evidence to social services who alerted police. Pocock was arrested for child cruelty.
The single mother was yesterday given a 40-week jail sentence - but it was suspended for two years after a judge said her children had suffered enough.
The judge spared her an immediate prison sentence after hearing Pocock had attended six parenting classes and was 'now putting her children before herself'.
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