A mentally-ill woman who strangled her severely disabled son with a belt in a hotel room has been spared an immediate prison term.

A MOTHER who strangled her severely autistic son was living in a “nightmare” caring for him and her three other disabled children, a court heard yesterday.

A MAN who tortured and killed his partner’s toddler was yesterday jailed for 12 years.

The assault trial of Premiership footballer Craig Bellamy was briefly halted today after a court usher claimed to have seen somebody taking photographs of the defendant.

Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy told a court today how he was slapped in the face following a nightclub spat with a teenager.