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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jessica Murray

Alfie Steele, nine, ‘endured a life no child should lead’, murder trial told

Alfie Steele
Alfie Steele had 50 injuries on his body when he was found lifeless in a bath in February 2021. Photograph: West Mercia police/PA

A nine-year-old boy died after being “repeatedly assaulted and beaten” by his mother and her fiance, who held him down in cold baths and poured water over him outside at night, a court has heard.

Alfie Steele had 50 injuries on his body when he was found lifeless in a bath at home in Droitwich on 18 February 2021, and was later pronounced dead at Worcester Royal hospital.

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