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Refresher from Opening Statements

12:30PHILIP DEWEY

Youth said 'I love to punch kids in the head', court told
The court also heard comments were made by the youth by employees of a facility where he is being kept.

On August 14, two weeks after Logan’s death, the youth was heard singing “I love kids. I ******* love kids. I love to punch kids in the head. It’s orgasmic”.

Ms Rees said: “In the light of the mechanism of injury to Logan, the prosecution say that this is a significant comment. It certainly doesn’t demonstrate any sadness at the fact (a five-year-old) has died in traumatic circumstances.”

On August 27, the youth made the following comment. Her said: “I ain’t letting (Cole) take the blame. No way. I might just plead guilty next week. My solicitor knows about all my mental state and I forget stuff. I can’t remember stuff.”

He was also heard saying “I did some bad stuff but I am not allowed to talk about it”.

Ms Rees said: “The prosecution say that this remark is significant. It is the prosecution case that there is an inference to be drawn that the ‘bad stuff’ includes the assault upon Logan.”


12:31KEY EVENT

'Intention to kill'
Concluding her opening remarks, Ms Rees said: “The prosecution’s primary case is that each of the defendants is guilty of murder. We say that each defendant played their part in the death of little five-year-old Logan and it is clear from the terrible injuries which he sustained that that must have been with the intention to kill or at the very least cause really serious injury.

“Whilst the prosecution cannot show exactly what happened behind the closed doors of Lower Llansantffraid, the callous and cold hearted behaviour of each defendant in the time after Logan’s death which can be proved is consistent with them trying to desperately cover up their involvement in his death.

“From dumping the body of Logan in the river as though he was rubbish being fly tipped to making false reports to the police that Logan was missing and acting out a search to put others off the scent, John Cole, Angharad Williamson and (the youth) each prioritised their own self preservation straight away in a manner we say is only consistent with having being involved in the murder of Logan.

“John Cole has admitted count three, perverting the course of justice, but the other defendants even contest that despite what the prosecution will say is compelling evidence to prove their guilt.”

The opening has now finished.


Mum accused of murdering son, 5, 'feigned shock', court told

12:29PHILIP DEWEY

Prison guard oveheard Cole saying 'I've got a moral dilemma, court told
Ms Rees refers to comments made by the defendants after their arrest and interviews.

She said: “The prosecution say that each defendant continued to either incriminate themselves or sought to manipulate the position to their own advantage.”

The court heard Cole was heard by a prison guard who escorted him to a court hearing. Following the hearing, he was heard saying “I’ve got a moral dilemma. Do I go down for murder and protect (the youth)?”.

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Seems to me that the loyalty in this trio is between JC and the Youth. If AW was responsible for Logan's fatal injuries, I think these two could have easily buried AW with their statements and testimony. But we've not seen that happen because they can't.

JC has not tried to pin Logan's murder on AW but has made it clear that whatever he did (apart from taking Logan's body to the river), she was right beside him. I think they're all 3 complicit in the death of this beautiful child. :( MOO
 
Seattle1 said:
Refresher from Opening Statements

12:30PHILIP DEWEY

Youth said 'I love to punch kids in the head', court told
The court also heard comments were made by the youth by employees of a facility where he is being kept.

On August 14, two weeks after Logan’s death, the youth was heard singing “I love kids. I ******* love kids. I love to punch kids in the head. It’s orgasmic”.

Ms Rees said: “In the light of the mechanism of injury to Logan, the prosecution say that this is a significant comment. It certainly doesn’t demonstrate any sadness at the fact (a five-year-old) has died in traumatic circumstances.”

On August 27, the youth made the following comment. Her said: “I ain’t letting (Cole) take the blame. No way. I might just plead guilty next week. My solicitor knows about all my mental state and I forget stuff. I can’t remember stuff.”

He was also heard saying “I did some bad stuff but I am not allowed to talk about it”.

Ms Rees said: “The prosecution say that this remark is significant. It is the prosecution case that there is an inference to be drawn that the ‘bad stuff’ includes the assault upon Logan.”


12:31KEY EVENT

'Intention to kill'
Concluding her opening remarks, Ms Rees said: “The prosecution’s primary case is that each of the defendants is guilty of murder. We say that each defendant played their part in the death of little five-year-old Logan and it is clear from the terrible injuries which he sustained that that must have been with the intention to kill or at the very least cause really serious injury.

“Whilst the prosecution cannot show exactly what happened behind the closed doors of Lower Llansantffraid, the callous and cold hearted behaviour of each defendant in the time after Logan’s death which can be proved is consistent with them trying to desperately cover up their involvement in his death.

“From dumping the body of Logan in the river as though he was rubbish being fly tipped to making false reports to the police that Logan was missing and acting out a search to put others off the scent, John Cole, Angharad Williamson and (the youth) each prioritised their own self preservation straight away in a manner we say is only consistent with having being involved in the murder of Logan.

“John Cole has admitted count three, perverting the course of justice, but the other defendants even contest that despite what the prosecution will say is compelling evidence to prove their guilt.”

The opening has now finished.


Mum accused of murdering son, 5, 'feigned shock', court told

12:29PHILIP DEWEY

Prison guard oveheard Cole saying 'I've got a moral dilemma, court told
Ms Rees refers to comments made by the defendants after their arrest and interviews.

She said: “The prosecution say that each defendant continued to either incriminate themselves or sought to manipulate the position to their own advantage.”

The court heard Cole was heard by a prison guard who escorted him to a court hearing. Following the hearing, he was heard saying “I’ve got a moral dilemma. Do I go down for murder and protect (the youth)?”.

_____________

Seems to me that the loyalty in this trio is between JC and the Youth. If AW was responsible for Logan's fatal injuries, I think these two could have easily buried AW with their statements and testimony. But we've not seen that happen because they can't.

JC has not tried to pin Logan's murder on AW but has made it clear that whatever he did (apart from taking Logan's body to the river), she was right beside him. I think they're all 3 complicit in the death of this beautiful child. :( MOO
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And my previous thoughts have altered again. :eek: thank you for reminding me of some key points that had slipped my mind. I do not envy the jury here. They have a very difficult job ahead of them.
 
Sooty said:
Hipkin turning up the pressure! She is tying herself in knots by the sound of it.
MOO
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Comes across like a classic manipulator when they are confronted. JC clearly knows the legal system better, but it looks to me like AW thought her knowledge of true crime was going to see her through this trial too. It’s hard to see any honesty in it at all because she takes no responsibility. Not even after he was dead did was she overprotective of that child’

I was on holiday in the area at the time and happened to tune into local radio to hear the news of him going missing, the case has stuck with me ever since. Thanks for all the updates
 
Barrister says there was a 'cover-up'
The defendant is asked about Logan’s untreated broken collarbone which was not picked up until his postmortem.

Angharad Williamson said: “None of us picked up on Logan breaking his shoulder.” She also refers to Logan’s school and social services not picking up on it.

John Hipkin QC, representing the youth defendant, said: “Did you pick up he had a fracture in place near his other fracture?”

Williamsons said: “I was not the only person, I was not the only person.”

Mr Hipkin said: “You’re his mum. Did Logan say to you: ‘Mum my shoulder is hurting’?”

Williamson said: “Yes he did…. When he fell off the wheelchair when we were checking for snakes we checked his arm. There was no bruising, we gave him Calpol, he had full manoeuvrability."

Mr Hipkins said: “Manoeuvrability? From a broken collarbone?”

Williamson said: “Me, the school, [social workers] saw nothing.”

Mr Hipkins said: “What did you treat him with?”

Williamson said: “Calpol.”

Mr Hipkins said: “Calpol? For a broken shoulder?”

Williamson said: “He was fine, he was fine at the school and at social services.”

Mr Hipkins said: “Did you not take him to hospital because it was a cover-up?”

Williamson said: “No, kids fall over all the time, I never laid a hand on my child….What you are insinuating is disgusting.”

Mr Hipkins said: “A cover-up about his fractured arm and a cover-up about his fractured shoulder.”

Williamson said: “No it’s not.”

Logan Mwangi murder trial latest as mum gives evidence
 
Another thing I read last night from the autopsy people was there was more than 1 brain injury..1 that could of been done up to 36 hours before Logan died & another which was done several hours before he died..also he had a lot of pink & dark bruises..so new & old..that poor boy..I know this is a horrible way to look at it but was Logan so severely injured but he wasn’t dying so a fatal blow was done by someone to end it so they can put him in river & start their fantasy act?
 
Overthinker77 said:
Another thing I read last night from the autopsy people was there was more than 1 brain injury..1 that could of been done up to 36 hours before Logan died & another which was done several hours before he died..also he had a lot of pink & dark bruises..so new & old..that poor boy..I know this is a horrible way to look at it but was Logan so severely injured but he wasn’t dying so a fatal blow was done by someone to end it so they can put him in river & start their fantasy act?
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As horrific as it sounds, it's possible.
Did the social worker attending the property scare them into a decision, knowing the social worker could come back once the covid isolation period was over? Within 24 hours presumably.

With no excuse to not let them in... I dread to think :(
 
Linnyg said:
As horrific as it sounds, it's possible.
Did the social worker attending the property scare them into a decision, knowing the social worker could come back once the covid isolation period was over? Within 24 hours presumably.

With no excuse to not let them in... I dread to think :(
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The social worker was for the teen, not Logan.
 
Sooty said:
Barrister says there was a 'cover-up'
The defendant is asked about Logan’s untreated broken collarbone which was not picked up until his postmortem.

Angharad Williamson said: “None of us picked up on Logan breaking his shoulder.” She also refers to Logan’s school and social services not picking up on it.

John Hipkin QC, representing the youth defendant, said: “Did you pick up he had a fracture in place near his other fracture?”

Williamsons said: “I was not the only person, I was not the only person.”

Mr Hipkin said: “You’re his mum. Did Logan say to you: ‘Mum my shoulder is hurting’?”

Williamson said: “Yes he did…. When he fell off the wheelchair when we were checking for snakes we checked his arm. There was no bruising, we gave him Calpol, he had full manoeuvrability."

Mr Hipkins said: “Manoeuvrability? From a broken collarbone?”

Williamson said: “Me, the school, [social workers] saw nothing.”

Mr Hipkins said: “What did you treat him with?”

Williamson said: “Calpol.”

Mr Hipkins said: “Calpol? For a broken shoulder?”

Williamson said: “He was fine, he was fine at the school and at social services.”

Mr Hipkins said: “Did you not take him to hospital because it was a cover-up?”

Williamson said: “No, kids fall over all the time, I never laid a hand on my child….What you are insinuating is disgusting.”

Mr Hipkins said: “A cover-up about his fractured arm and a cover-up about his fractured shoulder.”

Williamson said: “No it’s not.”

Logan Mwangi murder trial latest as mum gives evidence
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The way she says "it's disgusting" reminds me of what my mum would say when she wouldn't admit she had done wrong to her kids. Because the severity of what she said and did was something a mother shouldn't say or do to her own kids.

When I hear her speak like that it makes me question her massively that she can't admit it herself that she did something so wrong to her own child.
 
Dotta said:
The social worker was for the teen, not Logan.
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Yes, but not being allowed into a property surely is cause for concern? The reason for the visit had no outcome, and a revisit would be required?

Additional thought- how did the Social worker know to go to AW property to visit Y? If they had informed her that they were there, surely they would have said they were isolating? Adding further concern as to why JC would choose to stay with Y at a property far to small to allow adequate sleeping arrangements in a covid positive environment whilst they themselves were testing negative? Just a thought I can't answer
 
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Linnyg said:
As horrific as it sounds, it's possible.
Did the social worker attending the property scare them into a decision, knowing the social worker could come back once the covid isolation period was over? Within 24 hours presumably.

With no excuse to not let them in... I dread to think :(
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excellent point..maybe the social worker was coming back Monday after Logan had tested negative.
 
'He could be a brat about his food and he could be melodramatic sometimes'
John Hipkin QC, for the youth, again referred to Angharad Williamson’s police interview.

He said: “You said missing a meal hasn’t done anyone any harm and said Logan was a brat. How was he being a brat?”

Willliamson said: “He wanted cake. He thought he could dictate what he wanted for dinner and what we were giving to him wasn’t good enough so I said: ‘If you’re not going to eat it I’ll take it off you’.”

Mr Hipkin said: “Is this the context of a child being kept in a room for 10 days with a mask on made to face the wall every time someone entered the room?” Williamson said: “No, he just turned his head away.”

Mr Hipkins said: “In the context of a child who had been left alone for 10 days, with a mask on, whenever anyone came near him he faced the wall. Is that true?” Williamsons said: “He turned his head to the wall.”

Mr Hipkins said: “He was routinely and regularly put in naughty corner.” Williamson said: “ It wasn’t done on an everyday regular occasion.”

Mr Hipkins said: “And when he was in the naughty corner he would self-harm, would punch himself and bite his lip till it bled.”

Williamson said: “It didn’t happen every day.”

Mr Hipkins said: “The naughty corner was your idea.”

Williamson said: “Yes it was.”

Mr Hipkins said: “Despite self-harming and distress he was showing you carried on and persisted in it.”

Williamson said: “No. We changed it in the end. When he started self harming I took him out. I cried and pleaded with him to stop self-harming.”

Mr Hipkins said: “We have, in those circumstances, Logan being described as a brat by you.”

Williamson said: “He was being a brat about his food.”

The defendant was asked about her description of Logan as melodramatic.

Williamson said: “He probably took after me…. If he fell in school and had a bruise on his finger and as soon as you mentioned it he said: ‘Mum, mum my finger hurts’. He was over the top as kids are.”

Mr Hipkins said: “In those last 10 days, Logan was a melodramatic brat?”

Williamson said: “The way you’re putting is wrong. He could be a brat about his food and he could be melodramatic sometimes.”

Logan Mwangi murder trial latest as mum gives evidence
 
I gave him Calpol and juice to make sure his sugar levels were up'
Barrister John Hipkin QC, representing the youth, refers to the incident when the youth chased Angharad Williamson to the gate of 5 Lower Llansantffraid.

Mr Hipkin said: “What you told the jury earlier this week was: ‘I wanted to get help, I wanted to get help for Logan’.....Fred Witchell, the neighbour, heard you saying: ‘Don’t make a scene’. Did you say those words?”

Williamson said: “I don’t remember.”

Mr Hipkin said: “If you did…. They don’t stand together do they?” Williamson said: “No they don’t.”

Mr Hipkin said: “Is Fred Witchell telling the truth?”

Williamson said: “No, I was screaming and shouting for help which was confirmed.”

Mr Hipkin said: “At no time did [the youth] or John Cole use violence towards Logan in those 20 minutes.”

Williamson said: “Yes they did.”

Mr Hipkin said: “You wouldn’t have said: ‘Don’t make a scene’. You were being hysterical over an argument which is something you do.”

Williamson said: “I’ve been hysterical in the past and hysterical now but [the youth] and John Cole assaulted my son on the Thursday.”

Williamson was asked about Friday, July 30, 2021, when Logan complained of a stomachache and did not eat his favourite meal of pizza and chips.

She said: “I gave him Calpol and juice to make sure his sugar levels were up. I checked his stomach and couldn’t see anything. Kids have upset stomachs. You don’t take a child to hospital over a missed meal.”

Williamson is asked about when she took Logan to the toilet at around 10pm that night.

Mr Hipkin said: “Do you need a moment?” Williamson said: “That was the last moment I saw my child alive so yes I need a moment.”

In her interview Williamson said Logan was sleepy and fell through the toilet seat. Mr Hipkin said: “So he had no control over his body….. He wasn’t awake?”

Williamson said: “He was asleep.”

Mr Hipkin said: “Was he asleep or comatose?”

Williamson said: “He was asleep.”

Mr Hipkin said: “Was he?”

Logan Mwangi murder trial latest as mum gives evidence
 
Dotta said:
The social worker was for the teen, not Logan.
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I believe the social worker was for Logan as they were taking him off the child protection register & putting him as a child in need instead..found this snippet from the daily mail..Logan was also added to the child protection register over fears due to John Cole's 'concerning past' the court heard.
 
Overthinker77 said:
I believe the social worker was for Logan as they were taking him off the child protection register & putting him as a child in need instead..found this snippet from the daily mail..Logan was also added to the child protection register over fears due to John Cole's 'concerning past' the court heard.
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Dotta is correct. On that occasion the social worker was calling to see JC on a matter connected to the youth.
 
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