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| Grandparents guilty of murdering toddler Ethan Ives-Griffiths | |
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| Ethan Ives-Griffiths' grandparents Michael and Kerry Ives have been found guilty of murdering him | |
| A grandfather and grandmother have been found guilty of murdering their two-year-old grandson. | A grandfather and grandmother have been found guilty of murdering their two-year-old grandson. |
| Ethan Ives-Griffiths, two, from Garden City in Flintshire, died on 16 August 2021 after suffering a "catastrophic" head injury. | Ethan Ives-Griffiths, two, from Garden City in Flintshire, died on 16 August 2021 after suffering a "catastrophic" head injury. |
| Ethan's grandfather Michael Ives, 47, and grandmother Kerry Ives, 46, were both convicted of murder after a trial at Mold Crown Court. | Ethan's grandfather Michael Ives, 47, and grandmother Kerry Ives, 46, were both convicted of murder after a trial at Mold Crown Court. |
| Ethan's mother Shannon Ives, 28, from Mold, was also found guilty of causing or allowing the death of a child and cruelty to a child. | Ethan's mother Shannon Ives, 28, from Mold, was also found guilty of causing or allowing the death of a child and cruelty to a child. |
| Michael and Kerry Ives were told to expect life sentences | |
| Michael and Kerry Ives have also been found guilty of cruelty to a child. | |
| The trio will all be sentenced on 3 October. | |
| The court heard Ethan was dangerously dehydrated and severely underweight, with 40 visible bruises or marks, when he collapsed with a catastrophic head injury at his grandparents' home on the evening of 14 August 2021. | |
| Shannon Ives had been staying with her son at her parents' home in Garden City when the court heard he was "targeted for abuse and subjected to casual cruelty". | |
| As the verdicts were announced, Shannon and Kerry Ives stared ahead while Michael Ives rested his head on his left hand while starting in front of him. | |
| Speaking to Michael and Kerry Ives, Judge Mr Justice Griffiths said there was only "one sentence for murder and that is life imprisonment." | |
| "I have to consider the minimum term you must serve before you can be considered for release on licence, which is likely to be many years from now," he said. | |
| "In the case of Shannon Ives, a substantial prison sentence is almost certain, and the sentence is very unlikely to be anything other than immediate custody." | |
| During a seven-week trial, the jury heard a 13-minute 999 call made by Kerry Ives to the ambulance service on the evening of 14 August, saying Ethan had collapsed while watching television. | |
| Michael Ives is heard saying "he looks like he's asleep". The call ended when paramedics arrived at the house. | |
| Ethan was then taken to Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, where "multiple areas of bruises" were noted on his body. | |
| Ethan was pronounced dead on 16 August. | |
| The jury was also shown CCTV installed in the Ives' garden which showed Ethan apparently struggling for balance while other children bounced around him. | |
| In several clips, he was seen lying on his side and despite getting to his feet, was seen falling repeatedly. | |
| At one point, his mother Shannon climbed on the trampoline and bounced, causing Ethan to fall. |