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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Laura Parnaby

Tony Hudgell’s adoptive mother ‘over the moon’ that his abuser may stay in jail

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The adoptive mother of Tony Hudgell, a little boy who was tortured by his parents, has said she is “over the moon” that his birth mother may not be released from jail this week as planned.

Seven-year-old Tony was so badly abused at the hands of his parents, Jody Simpson and Anthony Smith, that he needed to have both legs amputated.

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