An 18-month-old boy died after “aggressive, violent discipline” at the hands of his mother and her former partner fuelled by drugs and drink, leaving him with 70 visible injuries and bruises, a court has heard.
Hedges, wearing a black jacket and grey shirt, cried when listening to the prosecution outline Alfie’s injuries. Ms Knight said: “It is clear that he had been deliberately injured on more than one occasion, culminating in an assault perpetrated on him during the night of 27 to 28 November 2020 that led to his death.”“Had either defendant not been joining in with the assaults, that defendant who was not part of it would have stopped the attack and removed Alfie Philips from the caravan, and from the presence of the other who was carrying out these attacks.
In other messages, Benham, who is not Alfie’s father, calls Alfie a “cry baby” and “your little sod”, saying he was going to “poke him in the ear” after he turned off his caravan heater. According to the prosecution, Benham told police he woke up on the morning to find Alfie by his knee, and that he believed Alfie had died because he had been lying on him.
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