Two grandparents who murdered their two-year-old grandson after subjecting him to a campaign of abuse have been jailed for 40 years.

Ethan Ives-Griffiths was starved of food and water, and his tiny frame bore 40 visible injuries by the time he collapsed with a catastrophic head injury on the evening of August 14, 2021.

Michael, 47, and Kerry Ives, 46, were found guilty of his murder at Mold Crown Court, where jurors became upset at harrowing footage showing Ethan’s mistreatment at their hands.

But it did not move his own mum, Shannon Ives, 28, who did nothing to stop the ‘abuse and casual cruelty’ the toddler was subjected to in front of her at their home in Flintshire, North Wales.

Michael and Kerry Ives were jailed for life today for Ethan’s murder and were ordered to serve minimum t

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