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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Tom Pilgrim

Tony Hudgell’s mother ‘disappointed’ after failed bid to delay abuser’s release

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Tony Hudgell’s adoptive mother said she is “disappointed” after a bid to delay the release of his abusive birth mother from prison was found unlawful by a High Court judge.

Jody Simpson, 29, and her partner Anthony Smith Both were both jailed for 10 years in 2018 after torturing the little boy, now aged eight, so badly that he needed both legs amputating.

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