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The Latest Breaking News from Paula Hudgell

Prime Minister discusses new child cruelty register with Hudgell family

Tony Hudgell was just 41 days old when Jody Simpson and her partner Anthony Smith attacked him.

Evening Standard · Mar 17

Abusive parents set to be placed on new child cruelty register

The register would cover child neglect, child cruelty, abandonment and more

The Independent UK · Feb 27

What Happened to Tony Hudgell? The Story of Abuse, Survival and Why His Parents' Release Shocks Britain

Discover what happened to Tony Hudgell, the young child abused his parents, how he survived, and why the release of his parents has shocked Britain and reignited public outrage.

International Business Times UK · Sep 10, 2025

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Tony Hudgell’s birth mother still ‘high risk to children’, adoptive parent says

Tony’s birth mother Jody Simpson is to be released from prison following a decision by an independent

Evening Standard · Jun 6, 2025

Sarah Everard’s parents join calls for tougher sentencing for violent criminals

Jeremy and Susan Everard said ‘it is important that sentences should truly reflect the seriousness of the crime’.

The Independent UK · Mar 26, 2025

Mum who adopted amputee boy Tony Hudgell calls for cruelty register to protect children

Tony Hudgell was the son of birth parents Jody Simpson and Tony Smith, who inflicted such severe injuries on him - when he was just six weeks old - that his legs eventually had to be amputated

Daily Mirror · Jun 17, 2023

Dad who beat baby so badly he needed both legs amputated storms out of victim statement

Tony Hudgell, who has since been adopted, was just 41 days old when he suffered eight fractures to his legs and then developed life-threatening septicaemia in 2014

Daily Mirror · Jun 7, 2023

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Mum who adopted amputee Tony Hudgell to get OBE on same day boy's abuser seeks parole

Tony’s father Anthony Smith and birth mum Jody Simpson were jailed for 10 years for abusing him so badly he needed both legs amputating and now Smith seeks prison release

Daily Mirror · Apr 29, 2023

Mum who adopted amputee boy Tony Hudgell furious as one of his torturers goes free

Paula Hudgell said 'our justice system is so weak' after Tony Hudgell's birth mum Jody Simpson won a High Court battle to be released after serving six years of a 10-year term

Daily Mirror · Feb 4, 2023

Tony Hudgell’s mother ‘shocked’ to learn of abuser’s release

Jody Simpson, 29, and her partner Anthony Smith tortured the boy as a baby so badly that both his legs had to be amputated.

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2023

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

Jody Simpson and her partner Anthony Smith Both were both jailed for 10 years in 2018 after torturing the little boy.

The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2022

Double amputee, 8, left stranded for 5 hours without wheelchair at Gatwick

Paula Hudgell said she was appalled

Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2022

Double amputee, 8, stranded at Gatwick for 5 HOURS after wheelchair stuck on plane

The treatment of amputee and Daily Mirror Pride of Britain award winner Tony Hudgell at Gatwick Airport has been labeled as "appalling" after his £6,500 wheelchair got stuck on a plane - and when Jet2 retrieved it, it was "twisted and bent"

Daily Mirror · Dec 12, 2022

'Superhero' amputee Tony Hudgell dumbfounds Prince Harry with adorable question

The 'superhero' amputee had Prince Harry momentarily dumbfounded on a video call when he asked him: 'What's your favourite crisp?' After thinking about it, Harry said it was salt and vinegar

Daily Mirror · Oct 15, 2022

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Daily Mirror · Sep 3, 2022

Tony Hudgell's mum backs striking lawyer who nailed boy's abusers - but gets £8 an hour

Paula Hudgell has written a letter to Justice Secretary Dominic Raab urging him to help end the dispute in support of Heather Stangoe, who is among lawyers fighting for better pay and legal aid funding

Daily Mirror · Aug 27, 2022

Evil dad of boy who lost legs after being tortured has prison release BLOCKED

Anthony Smith, who inflicted terrible injuries on his son Tony Hudgell, was due to be released after half his 10-year jail sentence, but Justice Secretary Dominic Raab has finally blocked the move

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2022

Tony Hudgell’s adoptive mother welcomes halting of boy’s father’s release from jail

Tony was so badly abused at the hands of his mother Jody Simpson and father Anthony Smith that he needed to have both legs amputated.

Daily Mirror · Aug 13, 2022

Moment mum told monsters who abused lad who lost both legs will STAY locked up

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab phoned Paula Hudgell, campaigner and mum to Tony, with the news he had blocked the planned release due to a law change

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Evening Standard · Aug 9, 2022

Tony’s Law: What is it, and how did it come into effect?

The maximum sentence for child abusers was increased from 14 years to life imprisonment following a four year campaign by a Kent family.

Daily Mirror · Aug 6, 2022

'We should act now to avert catastrophe - climate warnings are coming true'

The group Just Stop Oil wants to force the Government to stop licensing new oil production. At the moment, it is unclear what the action will involve - but disruption is inevitable

Daily Mirror · Aug 6, 2022

Evil parents of boy who lost legs due to abuse will be freed after just 5 years in jail

The parents who abused Tony Hudgell are set to walk free from prison this month to the anger of Tony's adoptive mother, despite Tony being beaten so badly that he lost both of his legs

Daily Mirror · Jul 2, 2022

'We’ll back Paula’s fight to the end - prison sentences for child abusers must go up'

Paula Hudgell is fighting to protect all children after adopted son Tony who was abused so badly he lost both his legs and little Logan Mwangi was killed

Daily Mirror · Jul 2, 2022

Mum of abused boy who had both legs amputated says Tony's Law is 'just the start'

Paula Hudgell held “positive talks” in Whitehall after her adopted son Tony had both legs amputated at the knee after horrific abuse inflicted when he was six weeks old

Daily Mirror · May 7, 2022

'My son was so badly abused by birth mother he lost his legs - now I'm battling cancer'

Paula Hudgell, the adoptive mum of brave double amputee Tony, has been diagnosed with bowel cancer. She says the diagnosis made her determined to ensure child killers and abusers get tougher punishment

The Independent UK · May 4, 2022

Man who abused baby so badly his legs were amputated battered with tins of tuna by inmates for two hours

Anthony Hudgell held hostage in cell at HMP Swaleside, where he is serving 10-year term for child cruelty

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