like that when they received the verdict they met in silence. what has been a long, emotional trial with much distressing evidence, today we finally have the conclusion. there will be sentenced at a later date. at a later date. there will be a number of at a later date. there will be a number of questions - at a later date. there will be a number of questions following at a later date. there will be a - number of questions following what took place today in court and some of those questions directed at the involvement of social services. yes, that s right- involvement of social services. yes, that s right- to involvement of social services. yes, that s right. to give involvement of social services. yes, that s right. to give you involvement of social services. yes, that s right. to give you a involvement of social services. 12: that s right. to give you a timeline of finley s life, he was born in february 2020 just before the first national lockdown and he was im
there was a suspicion that he may have had covid, that is being perhaps used as an excuse to prevent a social worker from seeing finley face to face, that was an excuse that which is by his parents, meaning that the social worker did not see finley. this incident occurred in winter 2021 when there were restrictions in place in the uk was about to enter that third national lockdown. the investigators dealing with the case gave some insights on the murder of the child. a warning you may find some the details distressing. it was clear from the investigation that shannon marsden and stephen boden clearly lied to services to try and get finley back into their
death of finley, on one occasion when the social worker arrived at the home she witnessed shannon marsden conducting a drug deal. there were occasions when cannabis was melt in the home and hair strand testing revealed how dependent they were on the drug and also cannabis was detected in finley at the time of his death. their relationship and the setting of their home was chaotic. there are images showing plenty of mess and litter strewn across the home and it in the images released to the media. the couple throughout the course of this trial never have accepted responsibility, they denied ever harming their child, but today of course both of them have been found guilty of finley s murder. fire
the uk entered national lockdown. when he is returned to his parents on the 17th of november he is with them for 39 days before he died and died on christmas day 2020, of course there were covid i9 restrictions in place. in terms of the role played by covid in terms of finley s last few days, we know there were attempts made by a social worker to see finley in person, she even phone even turned up at the family home two days before his death and was told that he may have covid. the parents suspecting he may have had covid sent off for a test for covid. we don t know that test was administered to finley. in terms of the roll out covid played here, both the restrictions and the fact
for a longer transition, a six transition for him be returned to his parents. he was returned to them in november 2020. there were visits from a social worker and health visitor after he was returned to his parents, but within 39 days of being returned to his parents he was dead. he died in the early hours of christmas day 2020. there had been attempts in the days leading up to his death for the social worker to visit and to see finley in person. we understand finley is likely to have been abused in the days and weeks even leading up to his death because of the nature of his injuries. there were attempts made by social services to contact the couple to see if they could come at the very least, perhaps even virtually, there were concerns that finley could have covid 19, and there were concerns over that. the social worker from seeing him there were concerns over that. the social workerfrom seeing him in