A mother whose obsession with 'clean eating' led to the death of her severely malnourished toddler has expressed regret at her lifestyle saying she now realises she was living in a harmful 'bubble'.
Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah, 43, said she now 'wished she had done more research about...healthy diets' but was 'trying to protect myself from all the bad things in the world'.
She and her husband Tai, 42, were jailed for a total of 44 years in December over the death of three year old Abiyah, whose remains were found buried in the back garden of their former Birmingham home.
The couple, both degree-educated, lived in squalor after turning their back on society, surviving only on fruit, nuts and seeds having established a 'kingdom' in which they lived under their own religion and laws.
They were found to have willfully neglected Abiyah by failing to provide him with enough food and to necessary medical attention - prioritising their 'distorted system of beliefs' over his welfare.
