workers he was changing. one of the ways they can do that was improving their house which we heard was in a pretty poor state and covid meant home visits were restricted, the social worker did not come to the house and instead shannon marsden sent him photos and they were photos of a sparkling house, very tidy, the flooring had changed, the garden tidied up, a very different picture to that which had prompted a social workers to act to take finley into care in the first place. covid again worked to some degree to help the couple hide what was really going on, because when lockdown eased in the summer, they could see finley again, it was under close supervision but those contact sessions were quite short and in those sessions they convinced social workers monitoring them that they had the capacity to be loving parents. covid really worked in favour of the couple. it also worked in favour, in their favour in this way, that the independent guardian from the children and family c
you, shannon marsden, thought he had a sepsis and you knew about sepsis because a close relative of yours had been in hospital with this. you knew that sepsis was a life threatening condition and you both knew that if finley was that hill, then you needed to take him immediately to hospital or call 909. if he was that ill. that was because that was what the information you had googled on your phone it told you to do and it would have been obvious to you, looking at finley lying on the floor of the sitting room dying. you, stephen boden, in your evidence accepted you knew finley was dying when you were shown the haunting image of finley shortly after 7pm on the 23rd of december. shortly after 7pm on the 23rd of december- shortly after 7pm on the 23rd of december- shortly after 7pm on the 23rd of december. ., ., ., . shortly after 7pm on the 23rd of
bedding which had been removed from his cot was likewise covered in blood and vomit and you are both well aware of this. finley s cot was after all by christmas eve in your bedroom beside your own bad. these truly appalling. you bedroom beside your own bad. these truly appalling- - - bedroom beside your own bad. these truly appalling- - - truly appalling. you are watching bbc news- truly appalling. you are watching bbc news- we truly appalling. you are watching bbc news. we are truly appalling. you are watching bbc news. we are bringing - truly appalling. you are watching bbc news. we are bringing you . bbc news. we are bringing you coverage from derby crown court as stephen boden and shannon marsden are being sentenced for the murder of their son, ten months old finley boden. we have to every now and then dip out of this coverage for legal reasons. we will return to derby crown court when we can. the details of this case are very distressing. we heard there from the judge that
stop first, you are finley s parents, in a position of responsibility and protecting him in his own home. he was a ten month old baby and was particularly vulnerable stop taken together, these are a powerful aggravating factor. second, there were at least two it sustained and brutal assault to finley in which injuries were inflicted on him in a number of different ways. the first assault was on the 12th of december, the second one was two to three days later. finley was subjected to repeated abuse on multiple occasions which included burning his hand and that abuse had started by the 19th of november. once finley had been really seriously injured on the 12th of december, everyday activities such
down the hill to speak to you, shannon marsden, on your own. you told her you are fine and you deliberately did not tell her that there was anything very seriously wrong with finley. he chose to lie to emily, knowing very well that she was there to check up on the children and she could and would have given you any help and assistance if you needed it. emily left your house that day thinking that finley had covid symptoms, because she believed the lies both of you had told her. your neighbour, amy, only heard finley cry once and that was in the early hours of christmas eve. i am sure that the injuries to finley were inflicted on him in your home and when that happens, finley would have screamed or cried in pain. the neighbours did