The mother and grandmother of a young boy allowed to 'rot to death' in his own home have been sentenced at Leeds Crown Court today.

On June 30, 2016, the emergency services found 18-year-old Jordan Burling dead in the living room of his house in Butterbowl Garth in Farnley.

Dawn Cranston, 45, and Denise Cranston, 70, were found guilty of manslaughter at Leeds Crown Court on Tuesday.

The victim's sister Abigail Burling, 25, was found not guilty of manslaughter and guilty of an alternative charge of causing or allowing the death of a vulnerable adult.

The Cranstons both lived with the teenager in Butterbowl Garth.

When police searched the house, they discovered the skeletal remains of a baby boy in a rucksack in the teenager's bedroom.

It's unclear when the baby died - or if it was stillborn - but it could have been born as long ago as 1992.

Dawn Cranston, who is 'almost certainly' the baby's mother, has pleaded guilty to endeavouring to conceal the birth of a child.

Follow live updates from the sentencing of all three defendants at Leeds Crown Court below