Jury retires in trial of Derbyshire parents accused of murdering baby
10-month-old Finley Boden suffered a cardiac arrest in 2020
Last updated 5th Apr 2023
The jury have retired to discuss the verdicts in the trial of Derbyshire parents accused of murdering their baby son.
Stephen Boden, 30, and Shannon Marsden, 22, are on trial at Derby Crown Court accused of killing their 10-month-old son Finley Boden in the winter 2020 Covid lockdown.
Prosecutor Mary Prior KC described how Finley suffered a number of "appalling" injuries, including 71 bruises and 57 fractures before his fatal collapse.
The youngster suffered a cardiac arrest at the family's terraced home in Holland Road, Great Whittington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
Paramedics were called there at 2.33am on Christmas Day and Finley was taken to hospital, but despite medics' best efforts he was pronounced dead at 3.45am.
Jurors have heard Finley was returned to the couple's care over eight weeks by a court order in October 2020, despite social workers asking for a longer transition.
Child protection concerns meant Finley was originally removed from his parents' care shortly after being born in February 2020.
Boden, of Romford Way in Barrow Hill, Chesterfield, and Marsden, of no fixed address, deny murder, two counts of child cruelty and two charges of causing or allowing the death of a child.