Finley Boden’s killer parents who caused baby 130 injuries days after tot placed back in their care are jailed for life
“What happened to Finley is very bad, it’s terrible and shocking. He was a good baby. They both pleaded not guilty but were found guilty and they deserve to be locked up for a long time.“I don’t blame social services, they put the baby back onto the care of his parents so they mustn’t have had any concerns."
He told how mum-of-four Christine, in her mid 60s, had gone to an “Elvis night” with her friends in Alfreton after her son’s conviction at Derby CrownTragically, the youngster had been returned to Boden and Marsden's care just 39 days before he was killed.During a harrowing trial, jurors were told Finley had been placed into care shortly after he was born.
Officials also found that while Finley's parents were responsible for his death, "professional interventions should have protected him". Shockingly, a visit had been planned for December 24 - the day before he died - but this never took place. The baby was also forced to live in squalor at the family home and slept on a vomit and faeces-stained cot mattress cover.articles relating to parent-involved child deaths.
Just days before Finley's death, messages were sent on their shared mobile phone reading: "Little one f***ing kept me up all night.Another text read: "F***ing been up all night, little one has been ill as f**k." When asked if she wished to say sorry to Finley’s relatives, she said that any inquiry had to made to the council.
Officials also found that while Finley's parents were responsible for his death, "professional interventions should have protected him". visitor who went to the family home the following day was given the same excuse for the bump but did not raise it further.
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