Alfie Steele was killed six months after a 999 call from a neighbour warning police the couple were 'doing something bad to their kid in the bath'. A multi-agency review into the safeguarding of the child is under way.
Alfie Steele was found fatally collapsed at home in Worcestershire in February 2021
The court heard Alfie, who was found lifeless with a body temperature of 23C, may have been put back in a warm bath as the couple tried to pass off the murder as an accidental drowning. At the time of Alfie's death in February 2021, Scott was the subject of a social services plan designed to protect the boy, with one of the rules being that Howell was not allowed to stay overnight at her house.The jury heard Scott"continuously" flouted the rule - allowing Howell to stay over and subject Alfie to beatings using a belt and a flip-flop.Concerns about Alfie had been raised with the authorities on many occasions and police and social workers had been involved.
On 18 February 2021, Scott dialled 999 at 2.30pm and told the operator her son was not breathing and that he had fallen asleep in their bath.
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