Logan Mwangi

Logan's stepdad, John Cole, mum, Angharad Williamson, and a 14-year-old boy, who cannot be named, were convicted of Logan's murder (Pictures: PA).

The hospital makes a referral to social services and Williamson gives a statement to the police. They return to the property but leave again to dispose of Logan’s ripped pyjama top. He said: ‘I probably would have tried to take him away. On July 20, Logan tested positive for Covid-19 and he was shut in his bedroom with a baby gate barring him from leaving. – 2019: Contact between Logan and his father resumes. – June 2016: Mr Mwangi visits Logan in Bridgend for their first father’s day together and they have regular contact. Doctors examining Logan find he has a broken arm. A foster family the youth stayed with claimed to have heard him say he wanted to kill Logan. By March, due to concerns over Cole, Logan and his younger sibling had been assigned their own social worker. In April, Williamson takes Logan to visit Mr Mwangi and his family in Essex. This was the last time Mr Mwangi saw Logan, as Williamson was in a relationship with Cole and was preventing access. Here is a timeline of the key events in the life of Logan Mwangi, from his birth up until the discovery of his body in the River Ogmore in Bridgend in July 2021. The mother and stepfather of five-year-old Logan Mwangi, whose battered body was found dumped in a river, have been jailed for life for his murder.

Angharad Williamson, John Cole and a teenager murdered boy after he suffered months of violent abuse.

The teenager’s QC, John Hipkin, said he had been 13 at the time of Logan’s death and had multiple neurodevelopmental and psychosocial difficulties, and was younger “in some ways” than his actual age. She told the court that Cole’s most recent convictions were for robbery, blackmail, perverting the course of justice and intimidating a witness, for which he was jailed for three years in 2007. He continued: “Logan was the sweetest and most beautiful boy whose life has been tragically cut short. The inquiry will also look at what was known of Cole’s past. Williamson was convicted for two thefts in 2014 and received a community order. The world is a colder and darker place without his warm smile and the happy energy with which he lived his life. The plan to cover up the murder by all three was “careful and calculated”. A 14-year-old youth who was also convicted of Logan’s murder was told he will be detained for at least 15 years. Your relationship shifted and Logan became superfluous.” He was five years old, he was small. “I keep experiencing recurring nightmares. I couldn’t understand how something like this had happened to my son.

John Cole and Angharad Williamson murdered the five-year-old boy after subjecting him to a sustained attack in Bridgend, South Wales.

They also said the injuries were “consistent with child abuse”. Caroline Rees QC, prosecuting, said: “He had been kept like a prisoner in his small bedroom in the flat you saw, a room likened by Williamson as a dungeon.” A support worker also heard the youth singing: “I love kids, I f****** love kids, I love to punch kids in the head, it’s orgasmic.” In the months and weeks leading up to his death, Logan had been “dehumanised” by his family, prosecutors said. After Williamson gave birth to his own child, Cole was reluctant to let Logan see the baby and later claimed the boy had tried to smother the infant. Experts said the injuries could have only been caused by a “brutal and sustained assault” inflicted on Logan in the hours, or days, prior to his death.

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Cole admitted to perverting the course of justice. All three were found guilty of murder, and Williamson and the youth, who is 14 years old, were found guilty of perverting the course of justice. They will forever be in my heart and soul.

Logan, a once "smiling, cheerful little boy", was dumped in a river having suffered 56 external cuts and bruises and "catastrophic" internal injuries.

John Cole was sentenced to life imprisonment and ordered to serve a minimum of 29 years. Ben Mwangi's statement continued: "Logan was the sweetest and most beautiful boy whose life has been tragically cut short. However, she told Williamson: "This fatal assault could not have happened without your full knowledge and collusion”. In a victim impact statement read during sentencing, Ben Mwangi, Logan's biological father, said: "The last 10 months have been hell for me. I wake up screaming and crying." "I can't sleep and keep experiencing recurring nightmares.

John Cole and Angharad Williamson murdered the five-year-old boy after subjecting him to a sustained attack in Bridgend, South Wales.

They also said the injuries were “consistent with child abuse”. Caroline Rees QC, prosecuting, said: “He had been kept like a prisoner in his small bedroom in the flat you saw, a room likened by Williamson as a dungeon.” A support worker also heard the youth singing: “I love kids, I f****** love kids, I love to punch kids in the head, it’s orgasmic.” In the months and weeks leading up to his death, Logan had been “dehumanised” by his family, prosecutors said. After Williamson gave birth to his own child, Cole was reluctant to let Logan see the baby and later claimed the boy had tried to smother the infant. Experts said the injuries could have only been caused by a “brutal and sustained assault” inflicted on Logan in the hours, or days, prior to his death.

Craig Mulligan, 14, detained for at least 15 years for murder of five-year-old in south Wales.

In the witness box, the social worker denied she had been told of the issues. The inquiry will also look at what was known of Cole’s past. In a police statement read out during the trial, the foster family said they had flagged the threats against Logan with Mulligan’s social worker, but she had brushed them aside. Staff at a care home said he was obsessed with Cole, shaving his head to resemble him. You idolised him and wanted to gain his approval.” A family court judge gave Cole parental responsibility for Mulligan on 26 July last year without knowing about the threats.

The biological father of murdered Logan Mwangi says he regularly wakes up screaming and crying because his son visits him in dreams.

The hospital makes a referral to social services and Williamson gives a statement to the police. All I’ve wanted to do was just be a dad.’ Why did Logan have to die?’ They return to the property but leave again to dispose of Logan’s ripped pyjama top. – 2019: Contact between Logan and his father resumes. – June 2016: Mr Mwangi visits Logan in Bridgend for their first father’s day together and they have regular contact. I have accepted that this is my life now. He added: ‘At this moment I have extreme trust issues. Doctors examining Logan find he has a broken arm. As he is under 18, he had automatic anonymity, but today the judge said there was ‘significant public interest’ in lifting it. I am just devastated that I couldn’t have been there to protect him. I wake up screaming and crying.

Logan Mwangi was murdered just five days after Craig Mulligan began living in the same house as him, something described by prosecutors as "no coincidence".

I love to punch kids in the head. I f***ing love kids. Mulligan is said to have "idolised" Cole, who had raised him from the age of nine months, and seen his stepfather as a "God-like" figure. In submissions to the court, a foster family Mulligan was placed with said he made their lives a "living hell" and they became "terrified" of him. Mulligan was a "monster" who had a "desire for violence", they told the court. Logan was murdered just five days after Mulligan began living in the same house as him, something described by prosecutors as "no coincidence".

Craig Mulligan was just 13 when he took part in fatal assaults on Logan and assisted John Cole, 40, in dumping the boy's body in a river.

After Logan was killed and Mulligan was once again in the care of the local authority, a care worker heard him repeatedly singing: “I love kids. I love to punch kids in the head. I f***ing love kids. They said he had a “desire for violence”, and called him a “monster” in submissions to the court. Although he spoke fondly of his stepfather, stepmother and youngest sibling, the family said they noticed he would only refer to Logan as “the five-year-old”, and spoke of wanting to “kill the five-year-old”. The stepson of Cole, who had brought him up from nine months old, Mulligan was said to have “idolised” him and seen him as a “God-like” figure.

Five-year-old Logan Mwangi was murdered by an evil trio, including his mum Angharad Williamson and step dad John Cole, who tried to cover up their sickening ...

When asked why she initially did not tell police about the attack on Logan, Williamson said: "I was scared… "I thought Logan was okay. Logan was okay." She said: "He punched him in the stomach. He said: "I woke up to Angharad screaming: 'He's dead, Logan's dead'. He was lying on his back with his head to the side in a weird position. Logan was lying about something as he regularly does and he’s got a stutter and can’t get words out. "I tried to perform CPR and blew in his mouth and held his nose. During her police interview Williamson told officers: "I feel conned, so conned. Angharad said she could hear him taking his last breath." She also told the court she was "overprotective" of Logan, and said her relationship with her son was "beautiful". Angharad was frantic and hyperventilating. There was no pulse.

Craig Mulligan has been described as a 'monster' who made repeated threats to kill his five-year-old stepbrother and gleefully chanted about his love of ...

The hospital makes a referral to social services and Williamson gives a statement to the police. By March, due to concerns over Cole, Logan and his younger sibling had been assigned their own social worker. They return to the property but leave again to dispose of Logan’s ripped pyjama top. All three of Logan’s killers were handed life sentences today. – 2019: Contact between Logan and his father resumes. – June 2016: Mr Mwangi visits Logan in Bridgend for their first father’s day together and they have regular contact. Doctors examining Logan find he has a broken arm. This included a fractured shoulder, extensive bleeding to the scalp and back of his head and a significant trauma to the brain. In April, Williamson takes Logan to visit Mr Mwangi and his family in Essex. This was the last time Mr Mwangi saw Logan, as Williamson was in a relationship with Cole and was preventing access. Here is a timeline of the key events in the life of Logan Mwangi, from his birth up until the discovery of his body in the River Ogmore in Bridgend in July 2021. Although he spoke fondly of his stepfather, stepmother and youngest sibling, the family said they noticed he would only refer to Logan as ‘the five-year-old’ and spoke of wanting to kill him. They said he had a ‘desire for violence’, and called him a ‘monster’ in submissions to the court.

Craig Mulligan, 14, was named for the first time today after he was convicted of Logan Mwangi's murder alongside sick stepfather John Cole and stepmother ...

I don't want to go back to sleep because I don't want to experience these dreams because they are so painful." I find it difficult to go back to sleep. "Bright, chatty and artistic. A little boy who could light up a room. She's blaming me and my dad for everything." There was a tear to the lower part of the lobe of the liver, a 5cm tear to the right of the small bowel, the duodenum had been torn from the pancreas, and there was a degloving injury to the duodenum.

The teenage boy who murdered Logan Mwangi can be named as Craig Mulligan after a judge lifted an anonymity order at Cardiff Crown Court. | ITV News Wales.

They said he had a “desire for violence”, and called him a “monster” in submissions to the court. “There is a clear reason in the interests of open justice and the proper reporting of this trial and sentencing that the reporting restrictions should be lifted and at very least the reporting of the familial relationship,” she said. A support worker said that they had once heard Mulligan singing: “I love kids, I f****** love kids, I love to punch kids in the head, it’s orgasmic.” He was placed with foster families, one of which described how he made their lives a “living hell” for the several weeks he lived with them, and they became “terrified” of him. Cole had been in a relationship with Mulligan’s mother and the three moved to Wales for a “new start”. The stepson of Cole, who had brought him up from nine months old, Mulligan was said to have “idolised” him and seen him as a “God-like” figure.

Chilling footage shows teen killer Craig Mulligan cheerfully dancing with his five-year-old stepbrother just months before murdering him.

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Craig Mulligan. Picture: South Wales Police. THE teenager who was convicted of murdering five year old Logan Mwangi can now be ...

After Logan was killed and Mulligan was once again in the care of the local authority, a care worker heard him repeatedly singing: “I love kids. I love to punch kids in the head. I f***ing love kids. They said he had a “desire for violence”, and called him a “monster” in submissions to the court. Although he spoke fondly of his stepfather, stepmother and youngest sibling, the family said they noticed he would only refer to Logan as “the five-year-old”, and spoke of wanting to “kill the five-year-old”. The stepson of Cole, who had brought him up from nine months old, Mulligan was said to have “idolised” him and seen him as a “God-like” figure.

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Caroline Rees QC, prosecuting, said: “He had been kept like a prisoner in his small bedroom in the flat you saw, a room likened by Williamson as a dungeon.” A foster family whom the youth stayed with claimed to have heard him say he wanted to kill Logan, and a support worker also heard the youth singing: “I love kids, I f****** love kids, I love to punch kids in the head, it’s orgasmic.” In the months and weeks leading up to his death, Logan had been “dehumanised” by his family, prosecutors said. In August 2020, medics made a safeguarding referral to the police after Logan suffered a broken arm and by March, the five-year-old and his younger sibling had been assigned their own social worker due to concerns over Cole’s behaviour. Experts said Logan’s injuries could have only been caused by a “brutal and sustained assault” inflicted on him in the hours, or days, prior to his death, and were “consistent with child abuse”. Mulligan carried out the fatal assault on Logan with his stepfather in the flat where they lived in Lower Llansantffraid, Sarn, while his stepmother and the youngster’s biological mother Williamson stood by and “did nothing”.

Ben Mwangi says he is 'devastated' he could not protect his son after five-year-old murdered by mother, stepfather and stepbrother.

I wake up screaming and crying.” Start your Independent Premium subscription today. "My dreams of Logan are so vivid. "I can’t sleep and keep experiencing recurring nightmares. I just collapsed on the floor and hit my head. It was so painful."

Craig Mulligan, now 14, was aged just 13 when he cruelly murdered his five-year-old stepbrother. Footage of his expletive-laden police interview has now ...

Mulligan, who was trained in Muay Thai, was said to have swept Logan’s feet, knocking him to the floor while pressing his head against the floor. It was later claimed by Williamson he had already admitted pushing Logan downstairs, causing him to break his arm, though during Thursday’s sentencing hearing judge Mrs Justice Jefford said she had not taken this into account as the evidence was “thoroughly unsatisfactory”. Mulligan was placed into Logan’s home just five days before the murder after Cole and Williamson were granted custody of him. Footage has now been released of Mulligan, who had only been living in Logan's home for a matter of days after the family courts awarded custody of the teenager to Cole with the support of Williamson, being interviewed by officers from South Wales Police following his arrest. I know we weren't meant to do it but we grabbed some of the rubbish in the back garden and we chucked it in the river. Logan suffered "catastrophic injuries" to his internal organs and his brain that were likened to those received in a car crash or fall from height. This is the moment teenage killer Craig Mulligan turns on his stepmother in an expletive-laden and lie-filled police interview.

Logan was tortured and left to die by Mulligan along with his stepfather, racist ex-convict John Cole, 40, and the 'defenceless' boy's mother, ...

Cole asks about claiming benefits, while Mulligan tells her to 'f*** off' and says he did not need her any more. Mulligan's social worker Debbie Williams supports Cole being granted parental responsibility for the 13-year-old – despite Logan having just been taken off the child protection register. But what can also be revealed for the first time is that his involvement in the death of the defenceless five-year-old could – and should – never have been allowed to happen. He could have talked to the judge about how he felt if he'd been asked.' In court, Cole claimed Williamson burned Logan with a scalding teaspoon as a punishment – however she denied doing so. Mulligan should not have been allowed within a million miles of Logan – a vulnerable child whose welfare social services were supposed to be monitoring. Instead, he used it to smash up the local park. However, the relationship between Cole and Miss Trudgill broke down in 2017. I love to punch kids in the head. It was revealed that social services had missed five opportunities to stop her killers in the months before her death on September 22, 2020. He first came into contact with Logan when his own 'stepfather' John 'Jay' Cole started dating the little boy's mother, Angharad Williamson, in 2019. This was extended to 12 years in March for being too lenient.