To find this unspeakably, unbearably cruel *trigger warning added by MNHQ: extremely distressing content*

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-49551394

It's absolutely heart breaking. How can you hurt such an innocent little being. His mother should've also been sentenced for manslaughter. I'd kill anyone who tried to harm a hair on my baby.

I read about this at the time I think it was posted on here. It’s so so awful, I don’t understand how anyone could be so evil.

Good

Glad he finally went down

And the mother is useless putting her man above her son

This story has upset me so much as poor little Alfie looks so much like my 3 year old son. Every time I see his innocent little face I cry.

How could anyone feel the need to hurt a child like this!

Both adults needed to be locked up for life and punished accordingly.

RIP little Alfie. I hope you are somewhere safe and at peace now x

Bastards,is all I can say. Poor wee soul

Its so terribly sad and it angers me so much that the mother was right there and did nothing. They both should be locked up for life in dark rooms.

Scum of the earth. I hope they suffer for the rest of their lives.

If the mother tolerated that what else had she tolerated him doing to her child prior to his murder?

Neither of them must ever be allowed access to children ever again, no matter how 'remorseful' they pretend to be.

I've never asked for this but could you not have put a trigger warning in the title?

I started to read the bbc page earlier but got upset and stopped. Horrific.

Do you really think someone is going to say YABU?

Awful, just awful, why are there so many women who put men before their children? I will never understand it.

How did he get such a small sentence? He killed him.

Not to be arsey but the OPs title states this content is unbearably cruel...

Any clicky link please? One in op isn't working for me

How did he get such a small sentence?

He hasn’t been sentenced yet. Hopefully when he is, it will reflect the sheer horror of his utter barbarism.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-49551394

I have no words for that poor boy. I just couldn't even read it.

Women who enable these men should be compulsorily sterilised. She will come out, met another waster and have more kids that will be dragged up in utter fucking misery.

Disgusting. Evil bitch who didn't protect her own little boy. Hope she gets a good kicking inside.

Some people are born evil and this 'man' is one of them. You can see it in his dead eyes.

why are there so many women who put men before their children? I will never understand it.

Me either. I think they must have had no decent parent themselves and only know abuse and neglect.

Absolutely vile. What an evil and twisted creature. How can a mother sit and watch this?? She's as evil as him

No-one is born evil, it’s a choice, or series of choices to do what they do. Babies and children aren’t evil. Let’s place blame where it belongs- with the person, rather than some invisible force.

In this case I think the mother is as bad as he was. She did nothing while the boy was crying for her to help him. All because her boyfriend was more important.