UK - Logan Mwangi, 5, found dead in Wales River, Bridgend, 31 July 2021 *arrests, inc. minor* #2

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Seattle1 said:
I dunno. In both American and British English, a "caretaker" is generally someone who cares for something that isn't a person such as one who attends the burial grounds/cemetery. In the medical world, caretaker, caregiver, care worker are generally the same-- person employed to take care of a person or a child fulfills all the responsibilities alike. Take your pick...

ETA: Personally, I prefer "carer" as in the 2016 film "The Carer" with Brian Cox. :)
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English is a foreign language for me but I was taught:
- care worker for vulnerable people
- caretaker for buildings, places.

2 completely different jobs.

Oh well...
 
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There are a few articles that reference JC being a “care worker”. Trouble is once one article says something, others spring up that are just copied from the existing one, if that makes sense.

If this information about his job is correct, it almost seems at odds with what he is accused of now. Care worker definitely implies employed as opposed to a ‘carer’ looking after a relative/friend. Having worked in the care industry, I can say from experience that it’s a very easy industry to get into, only basic qualification requirements and staff shortages mean places almost always need staff. No offence intended if anyone I this thread works/has worked in care.
 
Court 5 - sitting at 10:30 am
MRS JUSTICE JEFFORD DBE

SITTING AT 10:30 am
Trial (Part Heard)
T20217285 COLE John M 62CL0590021 CVALM CPS
WILLIAMSON Angharad 62CL0590021
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SITTING AT 10:30 am
T20217383 ****** ****** 62CL0590021 CVALM CPS

SITTING AT 10:30 am
T20217385 WILLIAMSON Angharad 52NF0010121 CVALM CPS


Court is listed as sitting this morning.
 
Angharad Williamson's friend gives evidence for the prosecution
The first witness to give evidence today will be Rhiannon Hales, a friend of the defendant Angharad Williamson.

Miss Hales tells the court that Logan and her daughter were in the same class in school, and were "best friends".

Asked by prosecution barrister Caroline Rees what Logan was like, she describes him as "amazing" with "the best little smile" and "the sweetest friend you could ask for for your children".

The witness says Logan was "a playful little boy" who loved his mum.
 
'Slightly on the strict side'
Asked about the parenting style of Angharad and her partner John - also known as Jay - she says they were "slightly on the strict side" but there was "nothing to suggest anything other than a strict parent"

Miss Hales says Logan was "less playful" and quieter when he was with John than at other times but that he was "proud of his dad".

Asked about Angharad and John's relationship, she described it as "cute" and "loving".
 
Coventry
The prosecution barrister now asks the witness about comments made by John Cole when they bumped into each other on the street.

She said at the time there was talk of Cole moving to Coventry.

Miss Hales says Cole told her he loved Williamson, and could continue to love her "without Logan".

The witness says she just "brushed off" the comment as it wasn’t really her place to say anything.
 
Missed calls
The prosecution barrister now asks the witness about the events of July 31 last year, the day Logan’s body was found in the River Ogmore, near Pandy Park.

The witness describes how she was woken at around 6am by a call from the defendant Williamson and noticed she had also had a number of missed calls from her friend earlier that morning.

She said Williamson was asking if Logan was at her house as he was not at home - she describes her friend as being distraught. The witness says she tried to calm her friend down but was told "Don't tell me to calm down - my child is missing".

Miss Hales describes how she rushed to her friend’s house but was not allowed inside by police, and so decided to search the local area for Logan.

She says her route took her past the school which Logan and her daughter attended saying "he loved school, and I thought he might have gone there" and a little further on saw police cars, ambulances and a sniffer dog.

The witness says a little while later she spoke to a police officer who told her they had located Logan and "It didn’t look good".

She says at that point she rushed back to Williamson's house and this time was let inside where she gave her friend a hug.
 
'Bed sheets missing'
Prosecution barrister Caroline Rees QC is now asking the witness about what was happening in Angharad and John’s house. The witness confirms she went into Logan’s bedroom.

Barrister: "Did you notice anything?"

Witness: "There were no bed sheets"

Barrister: "Was the mattress exposed?"

Witness: "Yes.
 
Proud
The witness is now being cross-examined by David Elias QC for the defendant John Cole.

Barrister: "You said Logan was proud of his dad. You mean John Cole?"

Witness: "Yes"

Barrister: "Logan saw John Cole as his dad?"

Witness: "Yes"
 
12:54Jason Evans
Home cooked meals
The witness is now being cross-examined by Peter Rouch QC for Angharad Williamson.

Miss Hales tells the jury Williamson was a very loving mother who had Logan's best interest at heart, and would always make him home-cooked meals to make sure he was eating healthily.

She says Williamson told her that Logan and defendant Cole would "wind each other up", and she would have to sit them down and try to stop them "butting heads"



Logan Mwangi's mum was 'slightly on the strict side' jury told - live updates
 
13:09Jason Evans

Next witness - neighbour of Cole and Williamson

The next witness to give evidence is Lloyd Evans who lived in a flat next to Williamson, Cole, and Logan.

He tells the court he did not have much to do with the family living next door, and did not have any major problems with them. He says he would hear raised voices and arguments coming from next door but could not tell what was being said.

In response to questions from the prosecution barrister, the witness tells the jury that on the afternoon of July 29 he heard Williamson and Cole arguing, and texted another neighbour in the block - Jamie Gibson - to say that Cole, who he referred to as "baldy", was "going bananas".

He tells the court that he went to bed late on the night of July 30, and when he woke up the following morning there was a text from Jamie which had been sent around 6am saying "baldy" had "proper lost it", though he says he himself hadn't heard the argument his friend was referring to. Mr Evans says that after reading Jamie’s text he went back to sleep, waking again around 11am.
 
13:19Jason Evans

Next witness says he heard arguments

The next witness giving evidence is Jamie Gibson, the neighbour in the Sarn flats referred to by the previous witness.

He tells the court he would see the defendants "very infrequently" but had no problems with them - though he says he could sometimes hear "music and arguments" through the walls.

He says that on the evening of July 30 he got home around 10pm after watching a post-work football match, and then went to bed around midnight. He tells the jury he was woken around 6am by "very loud shouting" from the neighbouring flat, though he could not make out what was being said.

He says most of the shouting was coming from Cole but that both Cole and Williamson were shouting. Asked by the prosecution barrister about the volume of the shouting, the witnesses says: "It was as if you were shouting as loud as you could shout."

Mr Gibson says he messaged his friend about the argument, and then went back to sleep after about half an hour. He says he woke again around 11am to find the street closed off and police in the area.
 
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