Anger after cruelty trial

THERE were angry scenes outside a British court yesterday after a mother and her lover were jailed for five years after pleading guilty to child cruelty charges following the death of her 21-month-old son.

Lorna Gray, aged 30, of Sunnybraes Terrace, Fife, and James McEwan, aged 27, of Aston Avenue, Fallowfield, Manchester, each pleaded guilty to one count of child cruelty after the death of John Gray in March 2003.

The boy died as a result of a ruptured liver thought to have been caused by a blow to the abdomen. A post-mortem examination found he had more than 200 injuries on 92 separate parts of his body, including multiple injuries to his stomach wall, four fractured ribs and a fractured arm.