GUILTY UK - Alfie Steele, 9, allegedly murdered by mother/stepfather, Droitwich Worcestershire, Feb 2021

[Luwin]

The mother and stepfather of a nine-year-old boy have been charged with his murder.

Police were called to a house in Droitwich, Worcestershire, on 18 February last year where Alfie Steele was found in a critical condition.

He was flown by air ambulance to hospital in Birmingham where he died.

Carla Scott, 34, and Dirk Howell, 39, are due to appear at Worcester Crown Court on 25 February for a plea and trial preparation hearing.

Ms Scott, from Vashon Drive, Droitwich, and Mr Howell, of Princip Street, Birmingham, have also been charged with causing or allowing the death of a child.

They also each face a charge of cruelty to a person aged under 16 between 13 July 2019 and 18 February 2021.

Mother and stepfather charged with boy's murder

 

[Luwin]

Pictured: Mother, 34, and boyfriend, 39, accused of murdering 'intelligent' nine-year-old boy | Daily Mail Online

 

[nothinonyou]

yet another murder in lockdown So many kids living in fear and nothing was done

 

[nothinonyou]

Wolverhampton drug gang jailed over £300,000 crack cocaine and heroin racket

step-dad jailed for heroin and crack cocaine... nice guy to have raising your kids

 

[Luwin]

step-dad jailed for heroin and crack cocaine... nice guy to have raising your kids[/QUOTE]

Wolverhampton drug gang jailed over £300,000 crack cocaine and heroin racket

step-dad jailed for heroin and crack cocaine... nice guy to have raising your kids

Shame he wasn't jailed for a lot longer!!

 

[Smkd]

Pictured: Mother, 34, and boyfriend, 39, accused of murdering 'intelligent' nine-year-old boy | Daily Mail Online

Ugh that dude is bad news

Telford drug dealer jailed after crack cocaine find “Dirk Howell, 30, was found to have more than 50 grams of the class A drug, and more than four grams of cannabis, when police raided a property in Parish Close, Dawley, Telford, on January 31.”

£300k cocaine and heroin gang jailed for more than 70 years “Dirk Johannes Howell, 35, from Kingsway Road in Wolverhampton, pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs as well as conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
He was sentenced to a total of 22 months.”

A STOURPORT man has been put under curfew for after admitting assault and theft charges. “Dirk Johannes Howell, aged 38, of Gables Yard, Broach Road, admitted assaulting Arthur Neil, stealing £140 worth of meat from BP M&S at Worcester Road, Droitwich, and stealing two air freshners from Savers.
He was placed on a community order, with an electronic tag curfew for two months from 7pm to 7am.
He was ordered to pay £289 in compensation and victim surcharges.”

Alleged burglars accused of stealing 93-year-old's shotguns “ Two other defendants have also been charged in connection with the burglary (…) Dirk Howell, 38, of Broach Road, Stourport. They are expected to appear at a further hearing at Kidderminster Magistrates Court on August 25.”

 

[Lindsay Lou Who]

step-dad jailed for heroin and crack cocaine... nice guy to have raising your kids

Shame he wasn't jailed for a lot longer!![/QUOTE]

Let's hope if he's guilty for contributing to Alfie's death he spends the rest of his days behind bars.

 

[Tortoise]

His [Alfie's] mother Carla Scott, 34, and her partner Dirk Howell, 39, today denied murder and causing or allowing the death of a child.

Howell admitted causing cruelty to a person under 16 between July 13, 2019 and February 18, 2021 while Scott denied the charge.

They both appeared via video link from their prisons for the 20-minute hearing at Worcester Crown Court.

After suffering difficulties with the live feed to HMP Hewell, Howell shouted: 'This is ridiculous. I can't hear you. How am I supposed to do a court case when it is like this?'

'From start to finish, the behaviour of this court has been disgusting.' [...]

The pair were remanded in custody and will appear at court for a six-week trial at the city court on October 4.

Mother and boyfriend face trial over murder of nine-year-old boy in Worcestershire | Daily Mail Online

 

[Tortoise]

The latest pre-trial hearing was held at Worcester Crown Court on Friday (December 16).

[...]

At the hearing in front of Worcester's most senior judge, His Honour Judge James Burbidge KC, that date was vacated.


The judge told the defendants, who are remanded in custody, the trial would now take place at Coventry Crown Court on April 19 next year. [2023]

Trial date set for couple accused of murdering schoolboy Alfie Steele

 

[JerseyGirl]

Alfie Steele: Boy found dead in bath had 50 injuries, trial hears

Alfie Steele's mother and her partner are on trial over the boy's death at his home in Droitwich.

www.bbc.com

 

[JerseyGirl]

Alfie Steele, nine, ‘endured a life no child should lead’, murder trial told

Mother and her partner, Carla Scott and Dirk Howell, jointly accused of murdering boy in Droitwich

www.theguardian.com

 

[JerseyGirl]

Jury hears of the desperate efforts to save nine-year-old Alfie Steele

A JURY heard the desperate efforts to save a nine-year-old boy on the second day of a murder trial.

www.worcesternews.co.uk

 

[JerseyGirl]

Alfie Steele trial dramatically halted as murder-accused told 'don't come back'

Alfie, nine, died on February 18, 2021 - his mum Carla Scott, aged 35, from Droitwich and her partner Dirk Howell, aged 41 and from Birmingham, are accused of murder and child cruelty offences

www.birminghammail.co.uk

 

[Luwin]

Alfie Steele: Mum and partner guilty of killing boy in bath

Alfie Steele, 9, was repeatedly dunked head first into a cold bath as part of a discipline regime.

www.bbc.co.uk

A mother and her partner have been convicted of killing her nine-year-old son in the bath after months of abuse.
Alfie Steele was found unresponsive at his home in Droitwich, Worcestershire, in February 2021.
Dirk Howell, 41, was found guilty of murdering the young boy and his mother, Carla Scott, was convicted of his manslaughter.
Jurors cleared her of Alfie's murder. They were told by the judge they would never have to sit on a jury again.
After weeks of hearing horrific details of the nine-year-old's final months, the jury deliberated for 10 hours over the verdicts.

 

[Luwin]

Alfie Steele: The sports-mad boy killed by brutal punishments

Nine-year-old Alfie Steele died at the hands of his mother and her partner after years of abuse.

www.bbc.co.uk

Makes me so sad to read this account of Alfie - RIP

 

[Luwin]

Alfie Steele: Mum and partner jailed for boy's 'sadistic' killing

Alfie Steele, nine, was subjected to a campaign of torture by his abusers in his final months.

www.bbc.co.uk

At their sentencing at Coventry Crown Court, Howell was jailed for life with a minimum of 32 years, while Scott was given 27 with a minimum 17-year term.
Mr Justice Mark Wall said the suffering they inflicted on Alfie could "only properly be described as sadistic".
He told 41-year-old Howell: "I am sure that you got pleasure from inflicting pain and discomfort. The risks of killing him by your conduct were real and obvious."

 

[JerseyGirl]

Key moments of Alfie Steele trial after 'sadistic couple' killed him in bath

Nine-year-old Alfie Steele died on February 18, 2021 after police were called to his home in Droitwich to a report from his mum Carla Scott saying he had fallen asleep in the bath

www.birminghammail.co.uk