Alfie Steele, nine, ‘endured a life no child should lead’, murder trial told

Mother and her partner, Carla Scott and Dirk Howell, jointly accused of murdering boy in Droitwich

A nine-year-old boy died after being “repeatedly assaulted and beaten” by his mother and her fiance, who held him down in cold baths and poured water over him outside at night, a court has heard.

Alfie Steele had 50 injuries on his body when he was found lifeless in a bath at home in Droitwich on 18 February 2021, and was later pronounced dead at Worcester Royal hospital.