Star Hobson’s killers received almost half a million pounds in legal aid – funded by the taxpayer.The 16-month-old tot was murdered when her mother, Frankie Smith, 21, let her lover, Savannah Brockhill, 29, batter her baby to death.The pair have since been jailed, but papers obtained via a Freedom of Information request reveal that the pair’s legal fight was paid for by the taxpayer.