Logan Mwangi's devastated dad fought back tears as he revealed a text he received from his son's killer mum shortly before the youngster's murder. Speaking on Good Morning Britain, dad Ben Mwangi said he had no idea about the horror abuse the five-year-old was going through after he was blocked from seeing his own child by mum Angharad.
Little Logan died after suffering 56 external injuries to his head, face, torso arms and legs from "blunt force trauma". His body was then dumped like "fly-tipped rubbish" into Ogmore River close to his home in South Wales, the Mirror reports.
Mum Angharad Williamson, 30, stepdad John Cole, 40, and the 14-year-old son of John's ex-partner Craig Mulligan were jailed for his murder last month. Dad Ben said: "I had no knowledge or no idea about what was going on.
"When their relationship started was the last time I had contact with Logan.
"I was prevented from seeing him, not by the courts, by her and John."
The devastated dad said when Logan's mum Angharad started dating John "everything fell apart. She then sent Ben a text message preventing him from seeing his son as he lost all contact with Logan.
He told Good Morning Britain: "She sent me a nasty message saying 'Logan's got a family now, Logan doesn't need me, I'm never going to see my son again'. I never thought it would be like that."
Angharad stopped Ben from seeing his son when she started dating John in April 2019, who became obsessed with the idea she was cheating on him with Ben. Logan's devastating injuries were laid out bare in the trial as jurors were told how the youngster had suffered horrible abuse before his death.
He was referred to social services just months before he tragically died - but his dad Ben was not told he had been referred to social services. Ben is now campaigning to try and protect children with "Logan's Law".
The legislation would require estranged parents to be informed if their son or daughter is referred to social services.
He said: "Logan's Law is going to be about letting estranged parents like myself know when my child is known to child services. If I'd have known I would have worked with the social services and said I'm taking him away from this hostile environment."
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