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Defendant says she stopped contact with her mother
Angharad Williamson told the court John Cole was living at Maesglas during this period and she continued to live at 5 Lower Llansantffraid.
Her barrister Peter Rouch QC said: “What happened between April 2019 and Christmas 2019 between you and your mother?”
Williamson said: “When I was ill in hospital…. My mum used to take Logan and look after him while I was in hospital….. When Jay came on the scene that slowly deteriorated… Jay kept coming up more and I tried to rely on my mum less…. Jay wanted us to be a family, I wanted to be a family, I’d leaned on my mum my whole life…. When he said to do this as a family I took his advice and my mum slowly went into the background. He said: ‘I’ll take over looking after Logan and I’ll be his father figure’.”
The defendant said by Christmas 2019 her own and Logan’s relationship with her mother was non-existent.
She said there was an incident when Williamson’s mother left Logan asleep in a car when she went to cash a cheque but a restaurant manager called the police.
From then on Williamson stopped contact with her mother and didn’t let her see Logan.
Williamson said: “It wasn’t as bad as it sounds…. There are parents here and who hasn’t left their child in the driveway while they’ve popped in a shop?”
Logan Mwangi murder trial continues – updates from court
Angharad Williamson told the court John Cole was living at Maesglas during this period and she continued to live at 5 Lower Llansantffraid.
Her barrister Peter Rouch QC said: “What happened between April 2019 and Christmas 2019 between you and your mother?”
Williamson said: “When I was ill in hospital…. My mum used to take Logan and look after him while I was in hospital….. When Jay came on the scene that slowly deteriorated… Jay kept coming up more and I tried to rely on my mum less…. Jay wanted us to be a family, I wanted to be a family, I’d leaned on my mum my whole life…. When he said to do this as a family I took his advice and my mum slowly went into the background. He said: ‘I’ll take over looking after Logan and I’ll be his father figure’.”
The defendant said by Christmas 2019 her own and Logan’s relationship with her mother was non-existent.
She said there was an incident when Williamson’s mother left Logan asleep in a car when she went to cash a cheque but a restaurant manager called the police.
From then on Williamson stopped contact with her mother and didn’t let her see Logan.
Williamson said: “It wasn’t as bad as it sounds…. There are parents here and who hasn’t left their child in the driveway while they’ve popped in a shop?”
Logan Mwangi murder trial continues – updates from court