An 86-year-old mother died after her own daughter left her sitting in a chair for up to a year in a house they shared.

Linda Farr, 68, failed to get medical help for her frail mother Doreen Shufflebotham, who suffered from a string of serious health issues.

A court heard how medical experts estimated the pensioner had not moved from her chair for between eight and 12 months before her death on September 6, 2016.

Ms Shufflebotham suffered with a catalogue of injuries including a fracture and infection of the femur, a pulmonary embolism, sepsis, deep vein thrombosis as well as acute bacterial meningitis.

Farr was arrested on September 9, 2016 - three days after her mother's death at the £300,000 bungalow they shared in Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

She was charged with gross negligence manslaughter and pleaded guilty at Stafford Crown Court in March.

But on Monday she avoided jail at the same court and was instead handed a 20-month prison sentence, suspended for two years.

Following the hearing, Detective Inspector Dan Ison, of Staffordshire Police, spoke of how the elderly mother would have been in "terrible pain" and praised his officers.

He said: "It is very upsetting to hear the extent of negligence in this case.