A woman who left her elderly mum to die covered in her own excrement screamed "how could you do this to me?" and "you're lying" as a jury found her guilty of manslaughter.

Theresa Curphey junior did not seek medical care for her mum, Theresa Curphey senior, even though she was filthy, in pain, had broken ribs and was making "horrible noises".

She also had pressure sores so deep her bones were exposed, the Liverpool Echo reports.

But when her daughter finally called paramedics, they struggled to get into the bedroom of her home in Lydford Road, West Derby, because there were so many objects piled high behind the door.

The woman had developed severe sepsis and was found lying on the floor next to the bed.

Curphey junior yelled 'how could you do this to me?' at the jury

She was taken to hospital where it took staff about half an hour to clean her up, but was pronounced dead the same day.

Curphey jnr, 53, who claimed she had cleaned her mum with tea tree oils and didn't know about the sores, denied gross negligence manslaughter .

However, a jury unanimously found her guilty of the charge today after just two hours of deliberation, following a three-week trial at Liverpool Crown Court.

When the verdict was returned Curphey jnr, also of Lydford Road, yelled out "how could you do this to me?" and "you're lying" at shocked jurors.

The defendant, who had been permitted to sit outside of the dock because she has autism, then fled the courtroom, followed by her defence counsel.

Judge Andrew Menary, QC, asked the jury to retire before she was brought back into court, screaming hysterically, and taken into the secure dock.

Jurors, some of whom were visibly upset, then returned to the courtroom, before Judge Menary said he was remanding her in custody "for her own safety".

He said the decision to remand her would be reviewed this afternoon, but that Curphey would be sentenced on Wednesday, May 1.

Paramedics could barely get into the house

Speaking after the case, Pascale Jones of Mersey Cheshire Crown Prosecution Service said : “This was a challenging case. The circumstances of the death met by Teresa Curphey were tragic.

“Her daughter, over a period of months, had declined offers of help from neighbours, social services and claimed to be the sole carer for her mother.

“She even decided to change her mother’s medication, in the belief she knew better than the doctor. She was the only person in the house to witness the deterioration of her mother’s health.