"My toddler is the same height as me thanks to sepsis amputations - I don't care when people stare"

Credit: SWNS / Dennis Marquardt

A double amputee mum who is the same height as her toddler after she lost both legs to sepsis says she "doesn't care when people stare".

Hülya Marquardt, 40, had metal pins inserted into her legs to straighten them when she was a child.

But the tissue around the pins got infected, Hülya developed sepsis and she had both legs amputated above the knees, aged 18.

Doctors said she'd live in a care home but defiant Hülya walked on her hands and used a skateboard.