Finley Boden suffered a catalogue of 'appalling' injuries, including 71 bruises over his body and 57 fractures, many inflicted in the short period before his fatal collapse
Social workers trying desperately to see baby Finley before his tragic death were turned away by his drug-using father at the door - just two days before he was murdered by his parents.
Stephen Boden, 30, and Shannon Marsden, 22, murdered 10-month-old Finley Boden on Christmas Day 2020 during lockdown. He had suffered 130 'appalling' injuries, including 71 bruises, 57 fractures and 'crushed and twisted' bones'.
In the hours after his death, father Stephen Boden joked about selling his pushchair on eBay - later telling police he was trying to 'lighten the mood'.
Social workers had raised concerns before Finley was even born due to concerns over the state of the family home and his parents' drug use. He was removed from their care immediately after he was born, in February 2020.
But he was returned in November that year. Social workers saw the vulnerable child for the last time on November 27 despite numerous further visits to the Old Whittington home.
During the final visit, on December 23, Boden came to the front door and said the child was asleep because he was 'not very well' before closing the door in the social worker's face - as his partner Marsden was buying drugs down the road.
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