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Both defendants had denied the charges astatine Coventry Crown Court
A mates whose severely malnourished son's assemblage was recovered buried successful the plot of their erstwhile location person been jailed.
Three-year-old Abiyah's assemblage was recovered down a location successful Birmingham, 9 months aft Tai and Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah's, 42 and 43, had been evicted from the property.
Last week, the brace were were recovered blameworthy of causing the decease of Abiyah, whose assemblage was recovered astatine the location successful Clarence Road, Handsworth.
Tai Yasharahyalah was jailed for 24-and-a-half years and Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah was fixed 19-and-a-half years astatine Coventry Crown Court connected Thursday.
During an eight-week trial, the tribunal heard that the mates lived disconnected grid and created their ain bespoke content strategy based connected a substance of elements that drew from New Age mysticism and West African religion.
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Abiyah Yasharahyalah would person been astir 3 years and 9 months aged erstwhile helium died
After the decease of Abiyah, they kept his assemblage wrong their location for 8 days, earlier embalming the assemblage utilizing frankincense and myrrh anterior to a ritualistic burial successful their garden.
Sentencing, Mr Justice Wall their lad died "as a effect of your wilful neglect of him."
He said the three-year-old had a "catalogue of wounded and disease" astatine the clip of his death.
The mates heard that the justice was "sure" they they some realised however unwell the lad mode anterior to his death.
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