Lola James: Mum and partner jailed over toddler death

A antheral who murdered a two-year-old miss aft subjecting her to a "brutal" battle has been handed a beingness condemnation and ordered to service astatine slightest 28 years.

Kyle Bevan, 31, of Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, inflicted "catastrophic" encephalon injuries connected Lola James successful the aboriginal hours of 17 July 2020.

Lola's parent Sinead James, 30, was sentenced to six years for causing oregon allowing her daughter's death.

Sentencing took spot astatine Swansea Crown Court connected Tuesday.

Sentencing the pair, Mr Justice Martin Griffiths said Lola died successful a "sustained, deliberate and precise convulsive attack".

He added: "I americium definite that Kyle Bevan did this arsenic an workout of power. An assertion of superiority implicit the lone idiosyncratic helium could consciousness superior to - a helpless child.

"He has nary remorse astatine each adjacent now. At the time, helium did not adjacent simulate sadness astir Lola's injuries and captious information erstwhile everyone astir him was distraught."

Addressing the court, the justice said that Sinead James "prioritised the narration with Kyle Bevan implicit interest for her children".

Lola sustained the injuries that would pb to her decease connected the nighttime betwixt 16 and 17 July 2020, portion she was successful Bevan's care.

She had 101 aboveground injuries connected her assemblage arsenic good arsenic "catastrophic" encephalon trauma.

She died successful infirmary successful Cardiff connected 21 July 2020.

The justice said that, connected the nighttime of Lola's injuries, Kyle Bevan "started to wounded Lola astatine midnight and carried connected until she was unconscious astatine 6.30am".

Judge Mr Justice Martin Griffiths elaborate how, successful the months earlier Lola's death, she sustained a fig of injuries successful Bevan's care.

He called Lola's decease "the culmination of respective months of carnal kid abuse".

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