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A couple have been jailed for life for murdering their two-year-old grandson.

Ethan Ives-Griffiths was subjected to weeks of abuse at the hands of Michael Ives, 48, and his wife Kerry, 46.

The toddler was dangerously dehydrated and severely underweight, with visible marks and bruises, when he collapsed with a catastrophic head injury at his grandparents’ home in Flintshire, North Wales , in August 2021.

The pair had denied murder, but a trial at Mold Crown Court heard Ethan had been subjected to physical and emotional abuse in his grandparents’ home.

Michael and Kerry Ives, of Kingsley Road, Garden City, initially said "nothing" had happened to the toddler before he fainted as they watched television.

A jury convicted them both of murder and of cruelty to a chil

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