Denver woman gets 90 days in jail in abuse case

A woman accused of neglecting her four sons in a filthy Denver apartment has been sentenced to 90 days in jail followed by five years of probation.

Lorinda Bailey, who was sentenced Friday, pleaded guilty in August to her second offense of child abuse. The judge ordered her not to have any contact with her children while she’s on probation.

Police say Bailey and the boys’ father, Wayne Sperling, kept their sons in an apartment filled with cat feces and flies. When authorities found the children in October 2013, they could communicate only in grunts, were malnourished and were not toilet trained. Prosecutors say it was one of the worst cases they had ever seen, but the children were not seriously physically injured.

Sperling faces a court hearing next week.