THIS is the horror moment a mum and her thug lover were seen laughing minutes after he beat her two-year-old daughter to death.
Isabella Rose Wheildon, two, suffered numerous traumatic injuries as evil Scott Jeff carried out the brutal and ultimately fatal attacks.
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Couple seen laughing half an hour after child’s death Credit: Suffolk Police / News Service East Anglia
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Little Isabella was found dead under a blanket in her homeCredit: East Anglia News Service
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Thief Scott Jeff was jailed for life today Credit: East Anglia News Service
The child’s mother, Chelsea Gleason-Mitchell, “stood by, watched and did nothing” as Jeff carried out a “mode of escalating brutality.”
Isabella is believed to have died at the temporary accommodation in Ipswich on June 26 last year.
But the twisted couple, both 24 years old, kept her death a secret.
Instead they pushed her body in a wheelchair four days after her death.
CCTV footage shows the couple laughing and joking just half an hour after Isabella’s death.
The couple dressed the lifeless baby in a hoodie and sunglasses to help cover her face and hide the hideous injuries.
Their outings included taking her little girl shopping to buy computer gaming equipment.
Isabella was eventually found dead in a pram at their home.
Jeff was convicted of murder and two counts of cruelty to a child at Ipswich Crown Court last month.
Today he was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum sentence of 26 years.
Gleason-Mitchell, who admitted causing or allowing Isabella’s death and two counts of cruelty to a child, earlier cried when she was acquitted of murder.
She appeared to be shaking in the dock as she was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Mum and lover ‘carry child’s body in pram THREE days after she died from escalating brutality regime’
Sentencing, Judge Neil Garnham said Jeff subjected Isabella to a “cruel campaign of violence and abuse which ended in her death”.
The judge described the former Gleason-Mitchell nursery worker, who “stepped back and allowed this abuse and violence to happen to your little girl”, as a “weak person with no spine”.
He said she was “so concerned with her own comfort and pleasure, and maintaining a relationship with this man, that you would tolerate anything, including these horrific attacks on your daughter”.
Their trial earlier heard how officers were greeted by a “very strong smell” when the bathroom was unlocked in their home.
One of the policemen pulled back the blankets to see the horror of “the face of a small child that didn’t move.”
Sally Howes KC, prosecuting, said: “He was aware of severe bruising on her face. She was cold to the touch.”
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Chelsea Gleason-Mitchell sentenced to 10 years in prison Credit: East Anglia News Service
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Jeff beat the child to death and was convicted of her murder Credit: East Anglia News Service
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Isabella’s mum Chelsea Gleason-Mitchell did nothing to stop the beatings Credit: East Anglia News Service
The discovery was made after the woman reported to the police when she received a message on Facebook from “her friend”.
Mrs Howes said: “That message revealed that her friend’s daughter had died in her sleep three days earlier and was in a pram in the bathroom.
– That friend was the first accused Chelsea Gleason-Mitchell, and her daughter Isabella.
An autopsy found she had “extensive external traumatic injuries to the soft tissues of the body including the head, neck, torso, limbs” and other areas.
She also suffered fractures to both wrists and a “complex pelvic fracture involving several bones.”
The serious injuries were likely caused by “either being kicked or trampled or both.”
The court heard Isabella was a “healthy, well-groomed little girl” before Jeff came into her life.
He started a relationship with Gleason-Mitchell in May 2023.
Ms Howes added: “From that time until her death, Isabella was subjected to a regime of escalating brutality that was callous, cruel and ultimately fatal.”
The pair lived together in hotels in Great Yarmouth, a caravan park and “camped in a very small tent on Caister Beach” in Norfolk before ending up in Ipswich.
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Isabella was subjected to brutal attacks Credit: East Anglia News Service
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A two-year-old boy was found dead in a temporary housing unitCredit: East Anglia News Service
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Jeff and his partner were drug addicts
Gleason-Mitchell falsely claimed that she and her daughter were “homeless” and were fleeing domestic abuse from her ex.
CCTV footage revealed that the couple left the house with Isabella on a number of occasions.
This included leaving them unattended in the caravan while they went out drinking.
An analysis of Jeff’s phone also revealed videos he recorded during which he verbally abused Isabella to the point of making her cry.
Gleason-Mitchell, meanwhile, sat just a few feet away and did nothing to intervene.
At one point she was seen laughing as the camera panned towards her.
By June 12, the couple had run out of money for proper accommodation after sending out requests for help to friends and family.
They bought a tent and camped on the beach at Caister-on-Sea for the next four nights.
But police were alerted to their presence and officers checked on their welfare.
They were moved to alternative accommodation, before an employee of a nearby restaurant managed to provide them with free accommodation.
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Jeff was arrested by officers in Bury St Edmunds Credit: Suffolk Police / News Service East Anglia
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Couple fled Ipswich after deathCredit: Suffolk Police / News Service East Anglia
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The couple started living on the beach after becoming homeless Credit: Suffolk Police / News Service East Anglia
They moved into temporary accommodation in Ipswich on June 19, but were again seen leaving the flat without Isabella.
By June 19, her little girl is believed to have suffered broken joints and bruises.
She was subsequently seen wearing a winter coat in mid-June and large sunglasses.
The couple took the toddler out for a haircut on June 26, before returning home around 3:15 p.m.
Jeff was seen with his arm in a sling as they walked back and the injuries were allegedly sustained while beating Isabella.
The footage shows Isabella’s legs still moving – which was the last time she was seen alive.
She is believed to have died later that day.
The couple said Isabella started having trouble breathing and they tried to perform CPR.
In the days after her death, Jeff’s phone was used to search for flights to Scotland and Amsterdam.
Police believe he was starting a plan to cover up their crime and flee the country.
They continued as normal for four days, and Jeff bought a used game console three days after her death.
But Gleason-Mitchell was in contact with her friend and told her something bad had happened.
Eventually she told her friend that Isabella had died and that her body was in a gurney in their apartment.
The friend contacted the police, who began trying to find the couple.
It is believed that they tried to return to their apartment, but fled after seeing the police.
They were arrested in the early hours of July 1 in Bury St Edmunds, after fleeing from Ipswich.
In a victim impact statement read to the court, Isabella’s dad Thomas Wheildon described his daughter Isabella as “an extension of me”.
He said, “I miss her every day.”
The dad added that the girl was “perfect in every way” and that she “loved visiting farms and the zoo”.
Mr Wheildon said there was “something wonderful about seeing life through your child’s eyes, it’s exciting”.
“That light in me when I’m around Isabella is now gone forever,” he said.
Speaking after sentencing today, Detective Chief Inspector Craig Powell said: “As I said after the convictions, the killing of any child is the worst crime imaginable.
“No sentence will ever be long enough, but the court imposed the harshest sentences it deemed appropriate.
“Throughout this investigation we have been fully focused on getting justice for Isabella and her family and that has now been delivered.
“We know that nothing will bring her back, but we have ensured that the person responsible for her murder is sentenced to a significant prison term.
“Once again I want to pay tribute to the family who had to endure the unimaginable pain caused by Isabella’s death, along with the trauma of all the details that were revealed during the trial. A trial that could have been avoided if Scott Jeff had pleaded guilty.
“Through all this, the family remained dignified and gave me and my team full cooperation, trust and support, for which I am very grateful.
“None of us involved in this case will ever forget Isabella and as I have said before, she truly touched our hearts as well as the hearts of many others she met in her short life.”
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Gleason-Mitchell was sentenced today Credit: East Anglia News Service
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The couple seen together in a pub four days after Isabella’s death Credit: Suffolk Police / News Service East Anglia
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