Rebecca Shuttleworth has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 18 years after being convicted of beating to death her two-year-old son. Keanu Williams had suffered 37 separate injuries, including extensive bruising to his head, when he died.
Keanu Williams' lifeless body was found by paramedics after his mother's partner Luke Southerton dialled 999, claiming the boy had stopped breathing, was pale and had not been well.
Although fatal injuries had been inflicted up to 48 hours earlier, his mother Rebecca Shuttleworth did not seek medical help before the 999 call was made at 7.42pm on 9th January.
At the start of the trial, prosecutor Christopher Hotten QC told the jury Keanu's injuries were not an "isolated event" but had been the culmination of a long period of ill-treatment which left him with numerous injuries.
During his sentencing remarks, Mr Justice Spencer said: "The abdominal injury which killed Keanu was a massive tear of the mesentery, the apron of fat which provides the blood supply for the whole of the intestine.
"The force required to cause such an injury was very great indeed, likened by the pathologist to the forces in a road traffic collision.
"It must have been the result of heavy punches, a stamp or kick, or other blows. The depth and extent of bruising to Keanu's back strongly suggests he must have been thrown or slammed against the floor or a wall or another firm surface for at least part of the attack upon him."
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