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'We were getting really close towards the end and he had started calling me "dad"'
Peter Rouch QC, representing Angharad Williamson, continues his cross-examination of his client's partner and co-accused John Cole. The barrister questions whether Cole and the youth defendant liked Logan Mwangi.
Mr Rouch said: “Were you aware [the youth] had been saying he didn’t like Logan or wanted to kill Logan?”
Cole said: “No… It wasn’t said to me and it wasn’t said to Angharad.”
Mr Rouch said: “Was it clear [the youth] didn’t like Logan?”
Cole said: “That was the first time I heard about it in this case.”
Mr Rouch said: “In a conversation with Rhiannon Hales you said you would always love Angharad even without loving Logan.”
Cole said: “We were struggling at that time… We had a conversation and I said I was struggling with Logan.”
Mr Rouch said: “Did you say that [...without loving Logan]?”
Cole said: “I can’t remember the words and I said I was struggling.”
Mr Rouch said: “What about Daniel O’Brien?”
Cole said: “I don’t remember the exact wording… I might have said I didn’t like his behaviour but I didn’t say if I liked him. I taught Logan a lot of stuff, me and Logan were actually very close… We were getting really close towards the end and he had started calling me 'dad'.”
The defendant was asked about Logan’s isolation after he tested positive for Covid.
Cole said: “We both kept him in [his room] because we were scared of contracting Covid. When we went in to give him food he was asked to look away from us.”
Mr Rouch said: “Would he try and get some attention?”
Cole said: “That’s why we gave him the laptop and different toys to occupy him.”
Mr Rouch said: “Would he try to talk to his mother?”
Cole said: “He tried to talk to all of us.”
Mr Rouch said: “Did you say to her not to give in?”
Cole said: “No.”
Mr Rouch said: “Did you say he was giving you dirty looks?”
Cole said: “He was scowling at us. He was angry because he couldn’t run around the house.”
He added: “When he was hurting himself she would beg with him and cry. She worked really hard to stop him hurting himself. We both did….Logan would always want attention.”
Mr Rouch said: “You said: ‘He kind of just sits there snarling at you’. What does that mean? ‘Kind of dagger looks’.”
Cole said: “This was when he was pinching himself…. He would give you dagger looks when he was being punished…. We wouldn’t let him come out of his bedroom because he had Covid.”
Mr Rouch said: “You said on the Friday he was giving you dagger looks and snarling.”
Cole said: “He wasn’t happy with me or Angharad because he had to self-isolate.”
The barrister takes Cole through his police interviews about the Friday before Logan’s death. He refers to a passage where Cole told police he had thrown Logan on the bed and he and Williamson had to put him back in bed 10 or 12 times.
Throughout this passage Cole was describing Logan as “snarling” and “growling”.
Mr Rouch said: “Those are normally words you would use for a dog.” Cole said: “I wasn’t calling him a dog.”
Mr Rouch said: “How tall are you?” Cole said: “Six foot four.”
Mr Rouch said: “What weight were you?” Cole said: “I didn’ throw him forcefully on the bed….. [I was] 14 or 15 stone.”
Logan Mwangi 'made to do press-ups and sit-ups', says stepdad
'We were getting really close towards the end and he had started calling me "dad"'
Peter Rouch QC, representing Angharad Williamson, continues his cross-examination of his client's partner and co-accused John Cole. The barrister questions whether Cole and the youth defendant liked Logan Mwangi.
Mr Rouch said: “Were you aware [the youth] had been saying he didn’t like Logan or wanted to kill Logan?”
Cole said: “No… It wasn’t said to me and it wasn’t said to Angharad.”
Mr Rouch said: “Was it clear [the youth] didn’t like Logan?”
Cole said: “That was the first time I heard about it in this case.”
Mr Rouch said: “In a conversation with Rhiannon Hales you said you would always love Angharad even without loving Logan.”
Cole said: “We were struggling at that time… We had a conversation and I said I was struggling with Logan.”
Mr Rouch said: “Did you say that [...without loving Logan]?”
Cole said: “I can’t remember the words and I said I was struggling.”
Mr Rouch said: “What about Daniel O’Brien?”
Cole said: “I don’t remember the exact wording… I might have said I didn’t like his behaviour but I didn’t say if I liked him. I taught Logan a lot of stuff, me and Logan were actually very close… We were getting really close towards the end and he had started calling me 'dad'.”
The defendant was asked about Logan’s isolation after he tested positive for Covid.
Cole said: “We both kept him in [his room] because we were scared of contracting Covid. When we went in to give him food he was asked to look away from us.”
Mr Rouch said: “Would he try and get some attention?”
Cole said: “That’s why we gave him the laptop and different toys to occupy him.”
Mr Rouch said: “Would he try to talk to his mother?”
Cole said: “He tried to talk to all of us.”
Mr Rouch said: “Did you say to her not to give in?”
Cole said: “No.”
Mr Rouch said: “Did you say he was giving you dirty looks?”
Cole said: “He was scowling at us. He was angry because he couldn’t run around the house.”
He added: “When he was hurting himself she would beg with him and cry. She worked really hard to stop him hurting himself. We both did….Logan would always want attention.”
Mr Rouch said: “You said: ‘He kind of just sits there snarling at you’. What does that mean? ‘Kind of dagger looks’.”
Cole said: “This was when he was pinching himself…. He would give you dagger looks when he was being punished…. We wouldn’t let him come out of his bedroom because he had Covid.”
Mr Rouch said: “You said on the Friday he was giving you dagger looks and snarling.”
Cole said: “He wasn’t happy with me or Angharad because he had to self-isolate.”
The barrister takes Cole through his police interviews about the Friday before Logan’s death. He refers to a passage where Cole told police he had thrown Logan on the bed and he and Williamson had to put him back in bed 10 or 12 times.
Throughout this passage Cole was describing Logan as “snarling” and “growling”.
Mr Rouch said: “Those are normally words you would use for a dog.” Cole said: “I wasn’t calling him a dog.”
Mr Rouch said: “How tall are you?” Cole said: “Six foot four.”
Mr Rouch said: “What weight were you?” Cole said: “I didn’ throw him forcefully on the bed….. [I was] 14 or 15 stone.”
Logan Mwangi 'made to do press-ups and sit-ups', says stepdad
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