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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matthew Cooper

Body-in-garden trial told three-year-old died after ‘breathtaking’ cruelty

Tai (right) and Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah leaving Coventry Crown Court (Matthew Cooper/PA) -

A couple who buried their three-year-old son’s body in their back garden showed “breathtaking arrogance and cruelty” by failing to summon medical help or give him adequate food, a Crown Court jury has heard.

Tai and Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah, 42 and 43, are accused of causing or allowing the death of Abiyah Yasharahyalah, who is believed to have been buried in early 2020 at the couple’s then home in Clarence Road, Handsworth, Birmingham.

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