0k, take a breath. take a breath. what s his name? is his name logan? logan. he s five. is he five, did you say? he s five. logan! like everybody else, i remember waking up that morning and seeing the news. news report: police are investigating after the body of a five year old boy was found in a bridgend river. you re arrested on suspicion of murder. news report: the mother of five year old logan mwangi, whose body was found in a river in south wales injuly, has been charged with his murder. logan s stepfather, 39 year old john cole and a 14 year old boy are also charged with his murder. i m arresting you on suspicion of the murder of logan. what? there are still moments where my head will go back to times in the courtroom, things i ve heard, things we saw. the world is a colder and darker place without his smile and happy energy with which he lived his life. july 2021. like many communities, people in sarn in bridgend, south wales, are trying to get back to normal as the pa
loved him so forever be in my heart and soul. i loved him so much and somehow, i have loved him so much and somehow, i have to loved him so much and somehow, i have to live loved him so much and somehow, i have to live my life knowing that i will never have to live my life knowing that i will never get to see him grow up to the wonderful man i knew that he could the wonderful man i knew that he could he the wonderful man i knew that he could he~ i the wonderful man i knew that he could be. iwould the wonderful man i knew that he could be. i would like to thank south could be. i would like to thank south wales police and the prosecution team for their tireless work prosecution team for their tireless work to prosecution team for their tireless work to bring those responsible for the murder work to bring those responsible for the murder to court. work to bring those responsible for the murderto court. from work to bring those responsible for the murder to court. from
and not let them, not let them go. it does draw in the whole community and people who didn t know him - are affected because it s on the doorstep, j because this has happened in a place where we live. . and so it does touch - everybody s life in that sense, that this dreadful. thing has happened. the memorial service was held . because there was this sense of, we need to do something. there s that sense of. marking logan s life. ..and acknowledging each other s grief and. - ..and shock. and just being able - to do something to say, you know, this matters. i think like many of these other high profile situations where you have either, you know,
so whether it s health, police, social services, in actually addressing all the work that they have to do, apart from the fact that there are lots of vacancies to be dealt with as well and caseloads are very high. this is the room where logan was shut away. a stair gate across the door stopped him from getting out when he had covid. he was made to face the wall whenever anyone came in. the jury heard how logan was punished. the family would eat takeaways in front of him as he ate cereal. john cole forced him to do press ups when he misbehaved. his stammer got progressively worse. it was a fully immersive experience in every sense of the word. so nightmares, intrusive thoughts. there are still moments where my head will go back to times in the courtroom, things i ve heard, things we saw.
present. it has been a shock. anger. a deep sense of loss. but present. it has been a shock. anger. a deep sense of loss. but i - present. it has been a shock. anger. a deep sense of loss. but i would i a deep sense of loss. but i would also say there is hope, a sense of. helping as much as the community did come together and did mark logan, and will continue to do that. because he was one of their own. and so, even though that grief will continue to spiral for a while, there is also hoped for the community because it is so tight knit and because it has held each other in terms of the way it came together in the park and the memorial service and it will continue to do those things. because it cares. everybody cares about their next neighbour. it cares. everybody cares about their next neighbour. nobody would think that this their next neighbour. nobody would think that this is their next neighbour. nobody would think that this is not their next neighbour. nobody would think th