Alfie Steele: mother and partner guilty over death of boy, 9, found in bath

Carla Scott guilty of manslaughter while Dirk Howell convicted of murder after child found with 50 injuries in Droitwich

A mother has been found guilty of the manslaughter of her nine-year-old son, who was found unresponsive in a cold bath with 50 injuries all over his body, while her partner has been found guilty of his murder.

Prosecutors said that nine-year-old Alfie Steele was repeatedly assaulted, beaten and put in a cold bath as part of a cruel and “sinister” punishment regime by Carla Scott and Dirk Howell in Droitwich, Worcestershire.