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A father and step-mother who subjected his six-year-old son to months of abuse, starvation and poisoning have been convicted of killing him during lockdown.

Emma Tustin, 32, was found guilty of the “wicked and evil” murder of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, while his father, Thomas Hughes, was convicted of his manslaughter.

The little boy died on June 16 2020 after suffering an “unsurvivable brain injury” while at Tustin’s home in Solihull, West Midlands.

The role of social services and the police will now be in the spotlight, after it emerged that Arthur's grandparents and uncles tried to raise the alarm but had their concerns dismissed.

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Tustin, who was pregnant with Hughes' baby, carried out the fatal assault while in sole care of Arthur.

After attacking him, she callously took a photograph of the youngster on her mobile phone as he lay dying in the hallway, and sent the image to Hughes.

She then took 12 minutes to call 999 - instead first ringing Hughes, then lying to medics that the six-year-old had fallen and banged his head six times on the floor.

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