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| Keanu Williams case: Mother guilty of murdering toddler | Keanu Williams case: Mother guilty of murdering toddler |
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| A mother has been found guilty of murdering her two-year-old son. | A mother has been found guilty of murdering her two-year-old son. |
| Keanu Williams died in January 2011 after being found with 37 injuries including a fractured skull and torn abdomen in Ward End, Birmingham. | |
| Rebecca Shuttleworth, 25, of Cottingham Road, Manchester, was convicted by a jury at Birmingham Crown Court. | |
| Her partner Luke Southerton, 32, of Hagley Road, Birmingham, was cleared of murder but convicted of one count of child cruelty. | |
| Shuttleworth was also convicted of four counts of child cruelty. | |
| The pair, who had both denied the charges, will be sentenced on Tuesday. | |
| Found on sofa | |
| Keanu's grandfather Richard Lampett told the trial, which began in December, he had seen bruises and bite marks on the boy's body. | |
| He said he had taken photographs of bruising to Keanu's face in December 2009, more than a year before his death. | |
| During the trial, the jury heard a 999 call was made at about 19:40 on 9 January and emergency crews arrived to find Keanu, also known as Kiwi, collapsed on the sofa at Southerton's flat. | |
| He was confirmed dead later that day. | |
| The trial heard many of the injuries found on the toddler's body could have been inflicted up to 48 hours before the emergency call was made. | |
| An inquiry has started into the role all agencies that came into contact with Keanu and his family, including social workers and the police, played before his death. |