Tustin's hairdresser Catherine Milhench, known as "Affy", and her husband Tobias Jarman were among the last people to see Arthur alive. Also involved are Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Barnardo's, Spurgeon's children's charity, the Springfield project in Sparkhill, St Paul's Community Development Trust and Your Local Pantry, which runs food hubs in 12 locations across Birmingham and the Black Country. Then, he was really quite healthy looking, they told the court. He was found not guilty on counts 4 (deprivation of food and drink) and 5 (salt poisoning). VideoThe secret mine that hid the Nazis' stolen treasure, LGBT troops take love for Eurovision to front line, Why an Indian comedian is challenging fake news rules. Arthur spent 35 hours of the three-day period between 12 and 14 June in the hallway having been forced to go there by his father and step-mother. Arthur Labinjo-Hughes | Full Report - WillisPalmer Read about our approach to external linking. Arthur Labinjo-Hughes' grandmother discovered 'naughty chair' list with Tustin also laid her cards on the table to Hughes over text and said: "I want you but not him.". His tiny body bore more than 130 bruises. [11], In April, Thomas Hughes returned home with his son for a few days due to a disagreement with Tustin. The Guardian view on Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: more lessons to learn The jury was told medical evidence revealed the boy died from "head trauma inflicted on him by an adult" and the most likely cause was that he had been "vigorously shaken and his head banged repeatedly against a hard surface". On the first day of the trial, Ms Tustin admitted child cruelty by ill-treating, while Mr Hughes denies a similar charge. She refuted the allegation. Arthur Labinjo-Hughes is referred to using his first name throughout this article due to his age. In one message she said 'f****** launch this lying little f***' and in another she warned she was 'going to chin this little c***'. She wants the world to remember her son, not for the harrowing end to his short life, but for his superpower - his smile. The boy was mistreated over the course of several months by his father, Thomas Hughes, and his father's partner, Emma Tustin. West 3301 Mercy Health Blvd. The alleged incident took place. It's thought as soon as they were alone in the house, Tustin forced him to drink a salt slurry in the upstairs bathroom. The child was secretly given a drink of water by the hairdresser's partner, who later described him as "gaunt", "malnourished" and "a poor little kid who was broken". Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: injuries suggested treatment 'amounting to Thomas Hughes and his girlfriend Emma Tustin are jointly accused of murdering Arthur Labinjo-Hughes at her home in Shirley, Solihull, on 17 June 2020. The child is growing up without a dad. She explained she was told Arthur had a playfight with Tustin's son which resulted in both being hurt. The court also heard Tustin wanted the CCTV because she was fearful of Arthur making allegations about her. Six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes Harrowing CCTV footage, a slew of terrorising text messages and inconsistent displays of remorse are just some of the key pieces of evidence which helped a jury to successfully convict a twisted step-mother and callous dad of killing his little boy. Thomas Hughes introduced his son to Tustin early on in the relationship and she later stated that she and Arthur were 'friends straight away'. Although he was not present for the final attack on Arthur, he was also found culpable for his death for the months of abuse he enforced himself and encouraged from Tustin. Dr Coulthard concluded Arthur was salt poisoned stating it could have occurred incrementally but that he would have had to have been given a large dose of the kitchen condiment in the hours immediately before he collapsed. As Arthur returned to school after the summer holidays, a teaching assistant stated that she had 'no concerns' about his wellbeing. Someone supposedly 'stuck in the middle' of a bad situation, but ultimately with Arthur's best interests in mind. There was no way the six-year-old boy could inflict these "unsurvivable" injuries on himself. Read about our approach to external linking. Boy, 6, was 'poisoned' with so much salt he was 'unable to fight She feigned contrition repeatedly describing her treatment to Arthur as 'absolutely disgraceful' and purporting she was 'disgusted in myself'. A "bullying" father and stepmother "poisoned" a six-year-old boy with salt and exposed him to months of "cruel" abuse, a court has heard. Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, six, suffered an "unsurvivable brain injury" in Shirley, Solihull, and died in hospital the following day in June last year. Tustin reported these incidents to Thomas via text messages and audio clips of him crying. It is alleged Ms Tustin, 32, of Cranmore Road, carried out the fatal assault while in sole care of Arthur and fetched her mobile phone immediately afterwards to take a photograph of the youngster as he lay dying in the hallway. (modern). Tustin had bizarrely claimed she had a spare camera left over from putting up CCTV outside due to 'problems with neighbours coming into the garden and putting holes in her clothes'. The monster even had the gall to claim the boy was making her life 'hell'. Arthur was "segregated and isolated" for "up to 14 hours a day", the court was told, often made to stay on the step next to the hallway by the front door, and prevented from having food and drink. 'no-one loves me' and 'no-one is going to feed me', The jury was told that Arthur's head injuries, Which jail is Emma Tustin in? Arthur Labinjo-Hughes was the son of Olivia Labinjo-Halcrow and Thomas Hughes. 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Is climate change killing Australian wine? Arthur died in hospital in the early hours of the following day. She was asked to retrieve her notes of the visit and return to the witness box at a later stage in the trial. Both defendants denied being responsible, or even knowing salt poisoning was a factor in Arthur's death until much later. But her words did not wash with prosecutor Jonas Hankin who completely skewered her during cross-examination. Thomas Hughes decided to take his son to live with his new partner Emma Tustin and her children during COVID-19 related restrictions. BBC News, West Midlands. He added: "Over the course of 17 months a lot has been put to me I was not previously aware of regarding Emma and it has made me see Emma in a completely different light. Please don't keep Emma in custody. I'm guilty of all of this. Poisoned, Arthur would have deteriorated within about 45 minutes. 17 April 2020: Social worker Jayne Kavanagh from Solihull council visited Tustins home. The court also heard Tustin wanted the CCTV because she was fearful of Arthur making allegations about her. [15] More broadly the child was honoured at various football matches on 4 December 2021. Shown footage demonstrating how Arthur was made to spend all day in the hallway and then sleep on the living room floor he said: "You are not here to watch television and comment on it. Hughes was seemingly unmoved by the sound of his boy crying over and over again. By the end, the twisted bully had dehumanized his son who he claimed was his 'world'. Police, CAMHS, a social worker and his school all received concerned reports about his welfare. They all agreed that the most likely mechanism that caused the injuries was a shaking-type motion with one or more impacts. Join Breaking News and Incidents in Yorkshire, Desperate plight of tragic Arthur Labinjo-Hughes was 'missed because of Covid' says social work boss, Emma Tustin and Thomas Hughes indulged in hot tubs and ice cream as Arthur left starving and alone. Between June 12 to June 14 he was ordered to stay there for more than 35 hours in total. Arthur's grandmother, Mrs Halcrow, agrees. By April, social services and police had paid a visit after referrals from his concerned grandmother, Joanne Hughes, and an anonymous tip off from Tustin's own parents. Court shown footage of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes' 'final moments' after It is alleged Ms Tustin carried out a fatal . ", Statistics for England suggested that there had been a 20% decrease in referrals to local authorities' children's departments but a 20% increase in reported cases of child harm and a 19% increase in child deaths. Below we have listed the significant evidence and developments in the trial.The fly on the wall. She flip-flopped from her original account to police; from being in the hallway when he supposedly 'cracked' his own head off the floor to being elsewhere, from the first of four cracks being the loudest to the last of them being the loudest, from being present when Arthur apparently knocked himself out to being somewhere else. [13] Arthur was left with an unsurvivable brain injury. 'Poisoned' boy, 6, struggles to stand before dad and stepmom 'tortured What they concealed was a campaign of violence, cruelty and abuse, designed to terrorise, debase and dehumanise the boy who depended on them. Hughes confessed to treating Arthur 'like a prisoner' by making him stay in the hallway for the 'majority of the time', adding his discipline had 'gone horribly wrong'. ", The court was told that in June last year, Mr Hughes told a neighbour: "If you hear anyone saying 'don't kill me', ignore it, I'm not hurting him.". Hughes would even call Arthur's school and tell teachers he'd been playing out in the garden. Mr Hankin branded her a 'pitiless, cruel woman' who 'hated' Arthur. She concluded there were no safeguarding concerns and no need to refer the case for a full child service assessment. Detectives used the footage to establish that Arthur spent almost all day in the hallway in the run-up to his death. Both Arthur's parents shared custody of him whilst he lived with his mother. He loved school, football and superheroes. He died on 17 June 2020. He had been confined to the house as a 'punishment' for most of the first national lockdown while the Covid-19 pandemic swept through the country, reports BirminghamLive. Video, The secret mine that hid the Nazis' stolen treasure, MasterChef Australia host Jock Zonfrillo dies, Banana artwork in Seoul museum eaten by visitor, NFL player's daughter, aged two, drowns in pool, Trevelyan relative 'would consider' famine payment, Ding becomes China's first male world chess champion, Indian 'killer' elephant relocated to tiger reserve. Tustin was equally vile. [3], The case made a significant impact on the local community and particularly football fans. Tustin was equally vile. Hughes initially admitted he was 'accountable' for Arthur's death and said: "There's a long ways to go but I'm guilty of it. The horrifying details that convinced the jury in Arthur Labinjo-Hughes Arthur was conspicuous by his absence on the camera for long periods despite the fact both defendants would often be in the living room talking, gesticulating or shouting towards the hallway. Not long after taking responsibility for Arthur, Hughes, 29, met Tustin on an online dating site. I didn't want to lose another child and the only way I could protect that child was to try and protect Emma from it all and take the blame for myself.". Tuesday 16 June 2020 started the same as any other for six-year-old Arthur . The court also heard Tustin wanted the CCTV. However Tustin repeatedly said the police would 'put it on both of us' and added: "None of us are going to walk away from this." Backed into a corner, all Tustin could do was deny culpability with no credible alternative explanation. He wanted Tustin, her children and their unborn baby, and not Arthur. Detectives used the footage to establish that Arthur spent almost all day in the hallway in the run-up to his death. When the UK went into lockdown in March 2020, the new couple made the decision to merge their families at Tustin's home on Cranmore Road in Solihull, where she lived with her own children, aged four and five. Six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes tragically died last year in the hallway of a home in Cranmore Road, Shirley in the West Midlands, after suffering from catastrophic head injuries. Tustin was repeatedly shown the living room footage from that afternoon but could not provide a consistent account of what happened at what time. She flip-flopped from her original account to police; from being in the hallway when he supposedly 'cracked' his own head off the floor to being elsewhere, from the first of four cracks being the loudest to the last of them being the loudest, from being present when Arthur apparently knocked himself out to being somewhere else. A review by social services is currently under way and the Independent Office for Police Conduct is also examining whether opportunities were missed by police. Prosecutors said despite having her phone, she took 12 minutes to call 999, telling medics Arthur "fell and banged his head and while on the floor banged his head another five times". Toledo, Ohio Area. Additionally, both were murdered during the COVID-19 pandemic which was argued to have made it easier for their worsening condition to be hidden from others. significant evidence and developments in the trial. Don't be fooled by deceitful parents, top child expert warns social Did this woman die because her genitals were cut? You did this to him.". Even so, Ive done my best with that kid.. The couple were struck by the state of the boy they had last seen in February. It was a lie. He sent the photos to an officer but never heard back. By Riyah Collins. Hughes was instead offered an early help programme to assist Arthur in dealing with his traumatic past, which he declined. I haven't got a leg to stand on.". Hughes allegedly spoke of putting him up for adoption. 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Tustin had bizarrely claimed she had a spare camera left over from putting up CCTV outside due to 'problems with neighbours coming into the garden and putting holes in her clothes'. Hughes's following comment to officers proved to be telling: "Emma isn't a suspect, she's a witness. Arthur died in Solihull in June 2020. The authorities found no cause for concern. She is currently in jail for the manslaughter of 29-year-old delivery driver Gary Cunningham in their home. Hughes told police he 'turned into a monster' during lockdown and that 'Arthur took the brunt of my frustrations unfairly'. Emma Tustin is referred to using her surname throughout this article. Arthur's grandmother Joanne Hughes made a social services report on April 16, 2020, after discovering bruises to his back, which she suspected had been caused by Tustin. He said he 'put Arthur in this position' and that he set the rules in the house which Tustin only followed to a 'certain degree'. Ironically, all it did was serve to incriminate her and Hughes further. Family Arthur was killed in June 2020 The father of six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes has had his manslaughter sentence for the boy's death increased. Thomas Hughes claims 'jealous' Emma Tustin 'drove a - BirminghamLive The prosecutor said Ms Tustin recorded more than 200 audio files of Arthur in "various stages of distress". Hughes allegedly spoke of putting him up for adoption. He tried to seduce Tustin to have sex while Arthur was in the hallway, and in one text he told her to 'put him outside or wherever, give him away, put him out with the rubbish'. The neglect and murder of six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes was possible because vulnerable children "slipped from view" during the pandemic, the former children's commissioner for England . In the witness box told the jury he was simply covering for Tustin, who he now 'hated' and saw in a 'completely different light'. 16 June 2020: Video footage from a CCTV camera in the living room, where Arthur slept on the floor, showed him appearing weak as he woke up and struggled to carry his duvet out of the room. [14] Arthur's favourite team, Birmingham City F.C, named a children's area in its stadium after him and supporters sung his name on a march through Birmingham prior to a match. I don't want other people to suffer for my ignorance, my neglect. Shown CCTV of her slapping the boy to the head, grabbing him by the scruff of the neck and waking him up by ripping the duvet from underneath him, Tustin admitted she had been cruel by assaulting Arthur - despite previously pleading not guilty to that particular offence. Opening the case on Thursday, Mr Hankin said: "His clothes looked dirty, his lips cracked, he could barely open his mouth to speak, his hair was dirty, his nails were dirty and he looked malnourished, gaunt and worn-out.". While much of the exchanges were inaudible Tustin could be heard regularly asking what Hughes had said to the police. Thomas Hughes claims girlfriend 'drove wedge' between him and son Prosecutors said his head was "banged repeatedly against a hard surface" causing an "unsurvivable brain injury". His maternal grandmother, Madeleine Halcrow, said Hughes had stopped her from seeing Arthur since 2019. [24] Thomas Hughes was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 21 years. Hughes later told Tustin he had 'basically held my hands up'. He tried to seduce Tustin to have sex while Arthur was in the hallway, and in one text he told her to 'put him outside or wherever, give him away, put him out with the rubbish'. During the trial Tustin was captured on CCTV carrying a large salt container out of the living room which was later photographed in the bathroom. Tustin was repeatedly shown the living room footage from that afternoon but could not provide a consistent account of what happened at what time. [2][3] The two separated shortly before his second birthday. Saturday 4 December 2021 06:21, UK . The incident was later reported to the police again by Arthur's uncle with no effect. He told Tustin to 'just end' Arthur, 'take his jaw off' and 'gag' him, while he threatened to 'take his neck off' and 'dash my food off his head'. Tustin said at one point to Thomas that "I want you but I don't want him". Bodycam footage from emergency services shows Tustin crying as she claimed Arthur repeatedly headbutted the floor. Hughes made his confessions to the police in the subsequent interviews after the van journey. My mum, my dad. Tustin claimed she was shedding tears for Arthur. Far from being a loving father, he completely let down his vulnerable son. I can't account for it. Thomas Hughes, Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Emma Tustin. Tustin had more than 200 audio recordings of Arthur in distress on her phone, including two particularly . Tustin bombarded Hughes with messages complaining of the child's behaviour as his condition worsened. He told Tustin to 'just end' Arthur, 'take his jaw off' and 'gag' him, while he threatened to 'take his neck off' and 'dash my food off his head'. He was rushed to hospital later that same day, June 16, last year, but it was determined nothing could be done to save him and he died at 1am the following morning. Both are also accused of two counts of child cruelty by assault on multiple occasions and also by withholding food and/or drink. She explained she was told Arthur had a playfight with Tustin's son which resulted in both being hurt. Thomas Hughes said that Tustin coached the boys to lie about the incident and had warned him they would lose custody of their children if he did not cooperate as well. Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: Trial begins as court hears parents 'murdered

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