Williamson sobs in the dock as Cole is questiones
Prosecutor Caroline Rees QC, who is cross-examining defendant John Cole, turns to the events of July 29, 2021, when Angharad Williamson was seen being pursued by the youth on CCTV. Ms Rees said: “What was that incident all about?"
Cole said: “Me and Angharad had an argument after she shook Logan after something happened to her stereo and laptop. She went out of the flat and [the youth] followed her.”
When asked where Williamson shook Logan Cole said: “By the biceps.” He demonstrated how Williamson shook the five-year-old. Ms Rees said: “Angharad is much bigger than Logan and was shouting in his face. What was she shouting?”
Cole said: “Stop *advertiser censored***** lying.”
Ms Rees said: “How did you feel?”
Cole said: “We had an argument about it and she stormed out of the house…. I told her to let him go.”
Ms Rees said: “You’d seen her do that before?”
Cole said: “Once before yes.”
Ms Rees said: “What did you shout to her?”
Cole said: “'Back the *advertiser censored** up', something like that….. It just shocked me.”
Ms Rees said: “How did Logan react to mother shaking him and telling him to: ‘Stop *advertiser censored***** lying’?”
Cole said: “I don’t remember….. He weren’t crying. When she shook him my focus was on Angharad.”
It was put to Cole it was claimed by Williamson he and the youth had attacked Logan. Ms Rees said: “It’s her case she stormed out because you attacked Logan and punched him to the abdomen repeatedly."
Cole said: “I didn’t punch Logan."
Ms Rees said: "Did you punch so hard he went flying?"
Cole said: “I didn’t punch Logan.”
Ms Rees said: “Did [the youth] sweep him?”
Cole said: “No.”
Ms Rees said: “Did you punch him and laugh and say: 'That was a good one'?”
Cole said: “I didn’t hit him.”
Ms Rees said: “Was [the youth] having a good laugh?”
Cole said: “[The youth] didn’t do anything.”
Ms Rees said: “So Angharad left the house hysterical and crying because she was violent to Logan?”
Cole said: “I didn’t go out.”
The defendant said he spoke to Williamson when she got back in and they “sorted things out”.
Ms Rees said: “What caused Angharad to be so upset it gained the attention of passers by?”
Cole said: “I told you, I didn’t go out.” He added: “She said she wouldn’t do it again and it was left at that.”
Ms Rees said: “Did you in fact repeatedly punch Logan to the stomach the next day and was the assault from you and [the youth] on Logan the next day?”
Cole said: “I didn’t punch Logan.”
Ms Rees said: “Do you know he had injuries to his abdomen consistent with knuckle punches?”
Cole said: “I wish. I do kow.”
Ms Rees said: “Do you know how it came to be his liver was lacerated?”
Cole said: “I wish. I do now.”
Ms Rees said: “Do you know how his duodenum was degloved?”
Cole said: “I woke up to Logan being dead and it didn’t make sense.”
Williamson can be heard sobbing in the dock.
The topic changes to the events of July 30 2021.
Ms Rees said: “Why did you keep his curtains closed?”
Cole said: “I don’t know. Maybe the light was coming in.”
The court heard Logan tested negative for Covid on July 30, 2021, and Cole said Williamson decontaminated his room but Logan was still isolated in his room.
Ms Rees said: “He’s still being kept behind this barred gate while he was isolating in his room.”
Cole said: “We kept the curtains closed so the light wasn’t reflecting on the TV so he could watch a film.”
He was asked why the mattress protector was kept on the bed but the rest of his bed clothes were placed in the wash.
The defendant said: “I don’t know, Angharad dealt with that.”
Ms Rees said: “Was the tumble dryer going when the police arrived the next day?”
Cole said: “I don’t know, I wasn’t in the house…. Me and [the youth] were making it look like we were looking for Logan.”
Ms Rees said: “Someone must have put the tumble dryer on that morning before the police arrived?”
Cole said: “I don’t know, I wasn’t in the house.”
Ms Rees said: “Were you trying to cover up blood on the bed sheet before the police came?”
Cole said: “No.”
Ms Rees said: “Are you saying Angharad is responsible for that?”
Cole said: “I don’t know.”
Cole is asked about the visit of social worker Debbie Williams to 5 Lower Llansantffraid on July 30. Ms Williams did not enter the property during the 20-minute visit and was kept on the doorstep.
The defendant previously told the court Logan was behaving badly all day. Ms Rees said: “How did you keep him quiet while Debbie Williams was at the door?”
Cole said: “He was watching a film in his room.”
Ms Rees said: “Was he already unconscious by that stage and was that why his bedroom curtain was closed all day?”
Cole said: “No.”
Ms Rees said: “It’s not because he’s already been attacked and lost consciousness? You didn’t keep the curtain closed to hide what had happened in that room?”
Cole said: “No.”
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