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Parents to be sentenced for ‘savage and brutal’ murder of baby son

Two parents who murdered their 10-month-old son just weeks after he was returned to their care are to be sentenced for his killing. Shannon Marsden and Stephen Boden were convicted in April of the murder of Finley Boden on Christmas Day 2020 after a ...

26 May 2023 at 02:45

‘Monster’ parents who brutally murdered ‘perfect’ baby son jailed for life

Two parents who “worked together” to murder their “perfect” 10-month-old son have been jailed for life after what a judge called “unimaginable cruelty”. Shannon Marsden and Stephen Boden – described as “monsters” by a relative – inflicted “vicious ...

26 May 2023 at 18:08

Safeguarding practice ‘inadequate’ in last weeks of murdered Finley Boden’s life

A 10-month-old baby who was murdered by his parents just weeks after being placed back into their care “should have been one of the most protected children in the local authority area”, a safeguarding review has concluded. Finley Boden’s parents, ...

27 Mar 2024 at 11:05

Parents killed baby after family court told they did not pose unmanageable risk

Ten-month-old Finley Boden was placed back in his drug-taking parents’ care just months before they murdered him after a Family Court was told they did not pose an unmanageable risk, new documents show. A transcript of a Family Court hearing, ...

25 May 2023 at 09:16

‘Savage’ parents convicted of baby’s murder after boy returned to their care

A cruel mother and father have been convicted of the “savage and brutal” Christmas Day murder of their baby son after burning and beating him “in repeated acts of severe violence” in the days before his death. Stephen Boden, 30, and Shannon ...

14 Apr 2023 at 17:34

Case of 10-month-old baby murdered by parents to be reviewed by social services

The case of a 10-month-old baby who was murdered by his parents just 39 days after being placed back into their care is to be reviewed by social services. Finley Boden’s parents, Shannon Marsden and Stephen Boden, inflicted 130 injuries on ...

18 Apr 2023 at 14:36

Mother and father convicted of ‘savage’ murder of baby son

A cannabis-smoking mother and father have been convicted of the “savage and brutal” Christmas Day murder of their baby son, after burning and beating him “in repeated acts of severe violence” in the days before his death. Stephen Boden, ...

14 Apr 2023 at 13:18

Children’s service says there was ‘nothing to suggest’ parents would murder son

A children’s agency which was involved in the decision to hand Finley Boden back to his parents weeks before they murdered him has said that “everyone involved” thought the pair had changed. The Children and Family Court Advisory and ...

25 May 2023 at 09:27

Finley Boden: Children’s services sorry they were unable to prevent baby’s death

Children’s services have apologised after a review found safeguarding practice was inadequate in the final weeks of the life of a baby murdered not long after being handed back to his parents. The children’s agency involved in the ...

27 Mar 2024 at 18:03

MP: Baby’s death ‘shocking’ but ‘unsurprising’ due to social services’ workload

The MP for Chesterfield said the death of a 10-month-old boy in his constituency was “shocking” but “unsurprising” due to “failures across the system” in social services and the courts. Toby Perkins spoke after new documents, ...

25 May 2023 at 09:19

Parents await murder sentence for ‘most horrific abuse’ on baby son

Two parents who told “a series of persistent lies” to win back and then brutally murder their son had a “sadistic motivation”, their sentencing hearing has heard. Shannon Marsden and Stephen Boden are being sentenced at ...

26 May 2023 at 12:15

Pictures of tidy home show how killer parents won back son

Pictures of the home of Finley Boden show how his parents cleared up their house as they attempted to get him back, weeks before they murdered him surrounded by squalor. New pictures show how the family home in Old ...

25 May 2023 at 09:18

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