Court rejects appeal over infant's death

The Court of Appeal yesterday dismissed appeals by a couple over the death of their 2-year-old daughter.

William Daniel Hirchkop, 32, and Lynda Ash, 42, were each jailed for 2 1/2 years last November for failing to provide the necessaries of life to Kalin Staysa Saint Michael, who died of pneumonia in July 2002.

She also had a large blood clot in her brain and fractured right forearm bones.