Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: Pair guilty of killing six-year-old boy who was ‘cruelly abused’ before death
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Arthur is filmed waking up hours before he collapsed from fatal injuries, in heartbreaking CCTV which shows him struggling to put his duvet away ‘Systematic torturers’ Following the verdicts today – which came after less than seven hours of deliberation – Arthur’s maternal grandmother, Madeleine Halcrow, called Tustin and Hughes “cold, calculating, systematic torturers”. “There’s no word for them.” Jurors also convicted Tustin of two counts of child cruelty, including salt-poisoning and withholding food and drink from Arthur. During the trial, jurors heard how Hughes, of Stroud Road, Solihull, encouraged Tustin killing Arthur and at one point told his son: “Watch you little c***, I’ll bury you six feet under.” open image in gallery Artist’s impression of Tustin and Hughes during their trial at Coventry Crown Court Hughes claimed in court he was “manipulated”, “mentally abused” and “gaslighted” by Tustin into going along with her behavioural regime, which began with the strict use of “chair rules” and a “naughty step”, introduced by his partner. “Weeks” before Arthur’s death on 16 June: John Dutton, Tustin’s stepfather, makes an anonymous call to social services “weeks” before Arthur’s death, having learned he is being abused by his father.
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