Court hears how Logan Mwangi's parents washed bloodied bedsheets after death
The 5-year-old was found dead in the River Ogmore July last year
A court has heard how 5-year-old Logan Mwangi's parents were washing his bloodied bedsheets following his murder.
During the trial at Cardiff Crown Court, the court heard how officers found Mwangi's mother, Angharad Williamson - aged 30 - cleaning the sheets when they came to ask about the missing child.
Williamson is on trial with her partner, John Cole, aged 40 and a 14-year-old boy who cannot be named for legal reasons over the death of the child.
Recorded on body cameras, footage showed Williamson "wailing and shouting" in the early hours of July 31st last year.
Just hours later, the body of the child was found in the River Ogmore with 56 significant injuries to his face, head, torso and legs.
A medical examination of his body found that Mwangi had survived the attack for several hours afterwards, meaning there was an opportunity to save him.
During the proceedings, one member of the jury became upset at the extent of the injuries inflicted on the child.
Five-year-old Mwangi was in self-isolation after suffering from coronavirus when he was killed, and was last seen during a Facetime call four days previously, the jury heard.
The prosecution stated that Williamson had no reason to be cleaning the sheets when officers arrived and suggested it could have been to wash away her son's blood.
Investigations into the sheets following the family's arrest found that the sheets had trace amounts of Logan's blood.
Separately, the 14-year-old youth was found to have said to a care worker two weeks after the killing that he loved "to punch kids in the head", calling it "orgasmic".
Williamson and the 14-year-old deny the charges of perverting the course of justice and making a false missing person's claim.
Williamson and Cole also have pleaded not guilty to causing or allowing the death of the child, while Cole denies charges of murder made against him. The trial will continue into the coming days.