Michael Ives: Shocking video surfaces of child killer abusing Ethan Ives-Griffiths days before he died
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The sad images of a grandfather who killed his grandson appeared and showed that he had abused children who started walking only days before his death.
47-year-old Michael Ives and 46-year-old Kerry Ives were found guilty of killing their grandchildren Ethan Ives-Griffiths after collapsing in their home in Flintshire in Wales.
Two -year -old Ethan fainted on August 14, 2021, and he was shocked to find out that doctors had recently undergone a serious head trauma.
The child’s body had 40 injuries in his body, including caries and traces of grip, and also weighs only 10 kg.
He died in the hospital only two days later.
During a one -month hearing, several disturbing video clips depicting abuse were shown to the court. Sun notified.
A clip shows that the child’s grandfather, who started walking, pulled him out of a trampoline and dragged him to just one of his arms.
Caroline Rees, a prosecutor in the case, told the court that Ives has the way I carry the child to the court, as if Ethan was a “just a garbage bag”.
Another indicates that the child starting to walk is pushed back into the seat of a car.
A third video shows that the child is pushed through a door by his grandfather, while his grandmother looks at his phone.
The child’s mother, 28 -year -old Shannon Ives, lived in the family’s house after escaping from the domestic abuse.
He was found guilty of the child persecution and caused his son’s death or allowed him.
When Ethan collapsed, his mother finally took 18 minutes to call emergency services.
Experts, Ethan’s grandmother and grandfather with his grandfather was seriously dehydrated and weak because he had not had a head trauma, he said he would soon die of dehydration.
Chris Bell, the detective manager, said: ız You should be a vulnerable two -year -old child, but beyond understanding how he can treat a person like this ”.
Justice Griffiths, grandmother and grandfather will be sentenced to life imprisonment and Ethan’s mother was faced with a “an important prison sentence”.
The court is planned on October 3.
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