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Matthew Cooper

Jury out in trial of pair accused of causing death of son found buried in garden

Naiyahmi (left) and Tai Yasharahyalah outside Coventry Crown Court (Matthew Cooper/PA) - (PA Wire)

A jury has retired to consider its verdicts in the trial of a couple who buried their three-year-old son’s body in their back garden after allegedly subjecting him to “breathtaking” cruelty.

Tai and Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah, aged 42 and 43 respectively, both deny causing or allowing the death of Abiyah Yasharahyalah, whose skeletal remains were discovered in December 2022 at their former home in Clarence Road, Handsworth, Birmingham.

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