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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...onths-near-dead-soiled-nappy.html?mrn_rm=als1
Son, 18, who was 'starved to death by his mother and grandmother in house of horrors' looked pale and drawn six months before he was found with dying in a soiled nappy, his father tells court
- Jordan Burling was weighed less than six stone when he died of malnutrition
- His father saw him six-months before his death and said he looked 'pale, drawn'
- His mother, sister and grandmother are accused of manslaughter over his death
- The prosecution said an expert dietitian had not seen this degree of malnutrition in 26 years of working in this area
The estranged father of an 18-year-old man who died after he was found in an emaciated state in his home has told a jury he last saw his son looking pale and drawn six months before his death.
Jordan Burling was found wearing a soiled nappy and weighing less than six stone in his house in the Farnley area of Leeds in June 2016, Leeds Crown Court heard.
Prosecutors said Jordan's condition was described by an expert as like the victim of a Second World War death camp.
Jordan's father, Steven Burling, 51, was giving evidence on Friday on the third day of the trial of Jordan's mother Dawn Cranston, 45, who is accused of manslaughter, along with his grandmother, Denise Cranston, 70, and his sister Abigail Burling, 25.
Shelf-stacker Mr Burling told the jury that he separated from Dawn Cranston when Jordan was in primary school and did not see his son again until he was in his mid-teens.
He said when they first met again he thought Jordan looked 'healthy'.
Mr Burling said: 'He was quite tubby. It wasn't fat, fat. It wasn't obese. He was just sort of stockily built.'
He told the court he last saw Jordan before Christmas 2015.
'He looked pale,' Mr Burling said.
'He was drawn in a little bit. I asked him if he was alright. He said it must be something he's ate.
'He looked poorly.'
Mr Burling told the jury: 'He still looked a bit tubby when I saw him. He was just drawn in his face. There wasn't colour in his face.'
The witness became visibly upset as he recalled his last meeting with his son at his home in the Seacroft area of Leeds.
He said he had difficulty recalling the details because 'I put a brick wall in front. I can't really grieve'.
The jury has been told by prosecutors that 'Jordan had been allowed to decay, to rot to death, by those closest to him, over a period of, at least, several weeks'.
They told the court that an expert dietitian had not seen this degree of malnutrition in 26 years of working in this area.
Despite paramedics spending around 50 minutes trying to revive him, Mr Burling died as a result of acute bronchopneumonia, the jury has been told.
A paramedic told the jury earlier this week how Dawn Cranston 'did not seem to be bothered' by her son's death and a police officer said she reacted by asking how much his funeral would cost.