Monster mum jailed for starving tot to death still has no remorse after release
A MONSTER mum jailed for starving her tot to death still has no remorse as she’s seen for the first time since her release.
Margaret Wade, 41, told our man to “f* off” when we asked if she regretted the shocking loss of two-year-old Lauren Wade — eight years to the day since she died.
The toddler was found in a hellhole flat in Sighthill, Glasgow, on March 20, 2015, clinging to life and covered in lice and fleas but died shortly after admission to hospital.
Wade and partner Marie Sweeney, 40, had been accused of killing her, but admitted the reduced charge of neglect and got six years and four months behind bars.
Biological mum Wade was freed on parole last year and stayed hidden until we tracked her down to a tower block in Blairdardie, Glasgow, where she lives surrounded by families oblivious to her shocking past.
She previously told police she had “no guilt” over Lauren’s death.
And she showed no signs her viewpoint had changed when we caught up with her.
As our man approached her as she walked from the flats to a waiting taxi she shouted “f* off”.
When asked if she would ever show remorse or say sorry for what she did, she again shouted “f*** off” through the taxi window before it drove off.
We can also reveal Lauren’s grave has never had a headstone erected after Wade and Sweeney blew funeral cash raised on booze.
An empty vase, tatty doll and cheap trinkets are all that mark her resting place.
Another visitor to Lambhill Cemetery in Glasgow said: “I’ve never seen anyone at that grave in all the years I’ve been coming.
“It’s like she’s been forgotten — it’s almost an unmarked grave.”
In 2019, Glasgow’s High Court heard “skinny and dirty” Lauren had gone without proper food or care in the filthy home for months.
Following a 999 call when she was found “unresponsive”, paramedics raced her to hospital but she died within minutes due to complications from malnutrition.
Caging them, Lady Stacey told the pair: “You’d been offered advice, it was not taken.
“You failed in your duties to this child.”
Wade snubbed a fatal accident inquiry into Lauren’s death which concluded she could have been saved if seen by a GP while the mum was at her own appointment six weeks before the death.
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