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Child abuse survivor's fury at mum's early jail release

Caroline Eshghi, a woman from Cornwall, has spoken out in anger after her birth mother, Melanie Burmingham, was released from prison after serving just eight months of a 20-month sentence. Eshghi’s mother had been convicted of subjecting her to severe and sustained abuse during her childhood, including beatings, burning, and starvation. A judge described the…