Cruel Wakefield mum and partner inflicted horrific bruises on her two-year-old boy

Leeds Crown Court heard that the couple subjected the boy to "excessive force", leaving him with purple bruising to his upper legs. The couple, who cannot be named to protect the child's identity, were found guilty of child cruelty after a seven-day trial.

The main witnesses giving evidence during the trial was the woman's two older children. The mother, who is from the Wakefield area, had begun a relationship with her new partner but the unemployed pair would drink and take cocaine all night and then sleep all day.