The mother of five-year-old Logan Mwangi has been found guilty of killing him.
Angarad Williamson, 30, her 40-year-old partner John Cole and the 14-year-old were convicted of the same crime.
The little boy had 56 external injuries when he was found in a river in South Wales last July.
Weeks before he died, he received a broken collarbone, but was not taken for treatment.
The young man was heard by an assistant singing: “I love children, damn I love children, I like to hit children in the head, it’s orgasmic.”
Image: Angarad Williamson and John Cole in the dock
Logan’s father, Ben Mwangi, was in court for the sentences, during which Williamson shouted “no, no, no” from the dock when they were returned.
Judge Mrs. Jeffford interrupted the jury and the clerk to tell Williamson to remain silent before the verdict was handed down against the young man.
“Out of respect for your son and young people, please keep quiet about the sentences,” she said.
She told the jury that they had performed “an exceptional public service” while sometimes listening to “very unpleasant and emotional evidence”.
Speaking before Cardiff Court afterwards, Mr Mwangi said Logan was “the most beautiful boy” and the world was a “colder and darker place without his smile and the happy energy in which he had lived his life”. .
He added: “I loved him so much and somehow I have to live my life knowing I will never see him grow.”
The child, also known as Logan Williamson, was found dumped in the Ogmore River near his home village of Sarn in Bridgend on July 31 last year.
He was wearing inappropriate pajamas and is said to have suffered a “brutal and prolonged attack”.
His injuries were described as similar to victims of high-speed accidents or someone who fell from a height.
When he died, he was isolated for 10 days after he tested positive for COVID-19 and was treated as a “prisoner,” prosecutors said.
Image: The penthouse in Sarn, Bridget, where the family lived
Doctors turned to police after Logan received a broken arm in August 2020. Williamson said he fell down the stairs.
She later told a friend that the young man had admitted to pushing Logan down the stairs, but it was not until January last year that she told police.
By March, due to concerns about Cole, Logan and a younger sibling, their social worker, Gaynor Rush, had been hired.
But in June, a month before Logan died, the family was removed from the child protection registry.
In her closing remarks, prosecution lawyer Caroline Rees said the court had heard of Logan as a “smiling and cheerful” child.
But she added: “Behind the smile, he endured a difficult environment and was not treated with love.
“Ten days before he was found, he was kept as a prisoner in his small bedroom.
“What must he have thought about the way life was during those 10 days?”
Ms Reese said there was “a raft of powerful circumstantial evidence” that all three defendants were involved in Logan’s murder.
They must have known what happened to Logan to cause his injuries, she added, concluding: “They were all involved … they put their self-interest first.”
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