22yo man questioned on suspicion of murder of 2yo Rio Smedley.

[Marv]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...dead-home.html

A murder investigation has been launched after a two-year-old boy was found dead at his home.

Rio Smedley was found unconscious at the two-bedroom home, in Bolton, Lancashire, yesterday evening after police were called following reports that his heart had stopped.

Medics rushed the toddler to the Royal Bolton Hospital but were unable to revive him.

A 22-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and is currently being quizzed by detectives.

Rio's mother, Kirsty, in her 20s, is believed to be pregnant by the man now under arrest, who is not the dead boy's father.

Her oldest daughter, five-year-old Ella, is being comforted at her grandmother’s nearby home.

The arrested man and Kirsty were both at home in Bolton when police arrived.
[...]

'I saw the police and ambulance around half four yesterday and heard the boy's mum screaming and the ambulance guy running out of the house with the boy in his arms.

'The ambulance shot off with flashing lights and sirens.

'I feel sick. I've got a two-year-old. It's horrible.'
Police said a post-mortem will be held to establish the boy's death at the Manchester Children's Hospital.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

A two-year-old boy who died with 91 separate injuries on his body was murdered by his mother's boyfriend, Manchester Crown Court has heard.

Rio Smedley's injuries were likely to be caused by "heavy blows" from "punches, kicks, knees and stamping", the jury was told.

Daniel Rigby, 23, of Somerset Avenue, Tyldesley, Wigan, denies murdering Rio.

The boy's mother, Kirsty Smedley, 24, denies allowing or causing the death of a child.
[...]

Simon Phillips QC, prosecuting, told the court that pathologist Naomi Carter found 91 separate marks of injury, including 40 bruises and cuts to his head and face, 11 bruises and cuts to his abdomen, a 9.5cm x 3.7cm bruise to his buttock, seven bruises and cuts to both his arms and 20 injuries to his legs and feet.

Mr Phillips said: "Dr Carter concluded that Rio had died as a direct consequence of blood loss from a liver injury that had been caused by one or more heavy blows to the abdomen, most likely from one or more punches, kicks, stampings or knee-ings."

He added: "Many of the bruises on his body indicated that Rio had been repeatedly punched and possibly slapped, pinched or prodded."

Some of the bruises indicated "heavy impacts" with "solid surfaces or objects", the court heard.

Mr Phillips said Ms Smedley needed to be held responsible for allowing Rio to be put in danger and it was "her duty to protect him from harm".

"She did nothing to prevent Rio being exposed to the risk of harm from Daniel Rigby" by leaving him in his unsupervised care.

Mr Phillips told the jury it would hear eye-witness evidence that Ms Smedley was punched and headbutted by Mr Rigby in the course of their relationship.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ester-20046776

[AngelFire]

I will be the broken record today. How can his mother stand by while her child is brutalized on a daily bases? 91 Injuries, not one or two but 91 fucking injuries. How does would she not know he was being brutalized? My kids, at that age, would have cried for me or would have shown signs of fear.

Mr Phillips said Ms Smedley needed to be held responsible for allowing Rio to be put in danger and it was "her duty to protect him from harm".

Understatement of the century. As a mother you do NOT allow anyone to hurt your children. If you are spineless and can't see yourself ripping the face of anyone that hurts your kids, then you dhouldn't have them.

[CbabyRKO]

Pregnant or not I would have KILLED anyone who touched my kid in a harmful manner. I'd castrate them with my bare hands if I could. Fucking worthless bitch.

[Tundratot]

I'd like some pictures of the two useless bags of puss that are responsible for beating up little Rio.

[Marv]

A man has been jailed for life for murdering his girlfriend's two-year-old son in an "extremely violent attack" at his home in Greater Manchester.

Daniel Rigby, 23, was told he would serve at least 17 years for the murder of Rio Smedley.

Manchester Crown Court heard Rio had 91 injuries, likely to have been caused by "punches, kicks, knees and stamping".

Rio's mother Kirsty Smedley, 24, was found guilty of allowing or causing the death of a child.

She is due to be sentenced at a later date.

Mr Justice David MacKay told Rigby: "You abused [Rio's] trust by punishing him physically in quite a revolting way.
[...]

Smedley called 999 on 22 April and reported Rio was not moving.

She told the emergency services he had "fallen down four steps and banged his head" at their home in Cheriton Drive, Breightmet, in Bolton.

The boy was taken to the Royal Bolton Hospital but later died of a ruptured liver.

During the trial a medical expert testified the injuries could not have been caused by a fall and the prosecution accused Rigby of "striking Rio with such force as to split his liver in two" during a "sustained and violent attack".

Rigby had denied "losing his rag" with the toddler because he was having to look after him instead of going to his sister's house to smoke cannabis

He had claimed his grandmother Doreen Rigby's dogs caused the toddler to fall off a chair and bang his head the day before he died, but Mrs Rigby denied Rio was injured during the visit to her house in Tyldesley, Wigan
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The court heard Smedley failed to protect her son from Rigby - a man she had previously reported to police for violently attacking her while she was pregnant.

Rigby was arrested over Smedley's allegations of assault on 21 March and made the subject to bail conditions which prevented him from contacting her.

But on 3 April she withdrew her complaint against him and on 20 April - two days before the murder - Rigby was told by police that no further action would be taken against him.

The court heard that during Rio's final weekend alive, Smedley left Rigby in sole charge of Rio for long periods and that Rigby had been sending her numerous "impatient" text messages regarding the child.

The judge said he did not think Rigby had intended to kill Rio but had a "sudden loss of temper" and "set about him, inflicting the fatal blow".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20185425



CCTV footage at the link shows Rio and his murderer getting on a bus. The killer holds out his hand and little Rio takes it, bless his innocent heart.

[lllosingit]

I would never have thought I could take someones life without regret but in cases like this I would beat this guy and wouldn't stop until he was no longer breathing then I would beat him some more just to be sure. I honestly don't think I would ever regret it either. People like this deserve to get just what they gave and then some. I can only hope the prison he's put in has the same code of ethics as they do in the states, They'll make stay so much more pleasant lol

[Marv]

Rio's 'mother' Kirsty Smedley

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Mr Phillips said Smedley needed to be held responsible for allowing Rio to be put in danger and it was 'her duty to protect him from harm'.

He said she 'failed to take steps to ensure the safety of the child' and 'she did nothing to prevent Rio being exposed to the risk of harm from Daniel Rigby' in that she would leave him in his unsupervised care.
[...]

Mr Phillips said: 'Dr Carter concluded that Rio had died as a direct consequence of blood loss from a liver injury that had been caused by one or more heavy blows to the abdomen, most likely from one or more punches, kicks, stampings or knee-ings.

'This injury was sustained shortly before he died, probably within an hour of his death. He had survived for a short period with circulatory collapse.

'Many of the bruises on his body indicated that Rio had been repeatedly punched and possibly slapped, pinched or prodded.'
[...]

The court heard that on Rio’s final weekend alive, Smedley left Rigby in sole charge of Rio for long periods on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and that Rigby had been sending her numerous 'impatient' text messages regarding the child.

On the Saturday, Rigby took Rio alone on the bus to see his relatives. They were away from the house for six hours.

During that time Rigby sent a text to Smedley saying Rio had 'fallen off the arm of the couch' at his grandmother’s house when the dog jumped up at him.

He said Rio had fallen back and banged his head.

Rigby then sent another text some time later, stating: 'He got a big bruise on his arse'.

The text goes on to say that Rio may have been hit with a 'toy sword' by another two-year-old.

Mr Phillips said that despite the fact she saw some of the injuries on her son, Smedley did nothing about it.

She, in fact, left Rio alone again with Rigby on Sunday, April 22.

Mr Phillips said: 'The decision to go out, leaving Rio alone with Rigby was her decision. In making that decision in those circumstances, the prosecution say that she will have realised or she should have realised that she was exposing Rio to a significant risk of serious harm.'

The court heard that during the Sunday, Rigby had again been sending 'impatient' text messages to Smedley.

At some stage that afternoon, a neighbour heard 'a single loud thud' coming from the house in Cheriton Drive, the court heard.

Mr Phillips said: 'What that neighbour heard may have been part of the fatal attack upon Rio by Rigby.'

Rigby later told police he found Rio lying at the bottom of the stairs and immediately contacted Smedley and put him on the couch.

He denied being violent towards him.

Smedley said Rigby had been 'nice and loving' towards Rio and 'he seemed to know how to look after him'.

The trial continues.

http://liveghana.tv/trending/rio-sme...iel-rigby.html

[Tundratot]

Haven't seen any excuse for why monster dearest was leaving her baby alone with the killer all weekend long. . . .

These stories about little children being bludgeoned by their caretakers are just revolting. There must be a special circle of hell for "parents" like these.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

A man has been jailed for life after being convicted of beating a two-year-old child to death in a "wicked attack".
[...]

Daniel Rigby, 23, from Tyldesley, Wigan, was found guilty of murdering his girlfriend's son by a jury of six men and six women. He was sentenced to life with a minimum of 17 years.

Rio's mother Kirsty Smedley, 24, formerly of Cheriton Drive, Breightmet, Bolton, was also found guilty of allowing or causing the death of a child.
[...]

The jury took four hours and 30 minutes to reach the two unanimous guilty verdicts.

As the guilty verdict was read out on the murder charge, there were gasps from the public gallery and some of Rigby's relatives left the court in tears.

Rigby, dressed in a grey suit, shirt and tie, put his head in his hands as the verdict was given.

Smedley, dressed all in black and with her dark hair tied back, appeared to be struggling to hold back tears when the jury announced her guilty verdict.

Mr Justice MacKay adjourned Smedley's sentencing to a date yet to be fixed for the preparation of a pre-sentence report, and remanded her into custody.

He told her: "I want you to understand that you stand in very real peril of a prison sentence as a result of this conviction. Don't have any delusions about it."

Earlier, the nine-day trial heard that Rigby had "lost his rag" with Rio.

As he was cross-examined, Rigby denied ever hurting the toddler and tried to shift the blame for some of his 91 injuries on to Smedley.

But Mr Phillips accused Rigby of "trading in lies" and said he did not care about the little boy or what happened to him.
[...]

The court was also shown CCTV footage of Rio and Rigby getting on a bus from Bolton to Tyldesley and holding hands as they got off the bus.

The footage was taken on the day before the murder when Rigby took Rio to see his grandmother and his sister.

The prosecution said Rigby must have inflicted some of the 91 injuries over the course of that day - injuries which he later blamed on his grandmother's dog, another two-year-old child and on Rio falling off a chair.

The prosecution say Rio's fatal injury was the "culmination of a course of ill-treatment and violent conduct towards the child".

Mr Phillips said Smedley "failed to take steps to ensure the safety of the child" and "she did nothing to prevent Rio being exposed to the risk of harm from Daniel Rigby" in that she would leave him in his unsupervised care.

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereven...violent-attack

Mr Justice David MacKay told Rigby: "You abused that trust by punishing him physically in quite a revolting way. It's a chilling, terrible picture. He suffered considerably before he died, I am satisfied. He was a vulnerable boy. You abused your trust."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...r-8278100.html

Rio and Rigby on the bus:

[Northernspark]

The Mother knew he was violent towards her, but then it sounds like all the little ones injuries were inflicted over the course of one day, so did she really know what he was doing? I'd like to know where She was while it was happening too. I recognise her name and have a horrid feeling this is one of my 'younger mums' that we helped to leave a violent relationship, rehomed her and had panic buttons fitted all over the house. Hope I'm wrong. Good on the Twats grandma for not lying for him.

Evil ex had his solicitor demand unsupervised visits, and not just a couple of hours, they wanted the whole weekend. They dropped it like a hot rock when I wrote and explained previous abuse/threats and my concerns for the kids welfare, but I know other Mums who have had to agree to unsupervised access under pressure. This sounds like Mummy was just enjoying a break and maybe trying to make the Twat prove himself by looking after the kids for her?

[Marv]

The Mother knew he was violent towards her, but then it sounds like all the little ones injuries were inflicted over the course of one day, so did she really know what he was doing? I'd like to know where She was while it was happening too. I recognise her name and have a horrid feeling this is one of my 'younger mums' that we helped to leave a violent relationship, rehomed her and had panic buttons fitted all over the house. Hope I'm wrong. Good on the Twats grandma for not lying for him.

Evil ex had his solicitor demand unsupervised visits, and not just a couple of hours, they wanted the whole weekend. They dropped it like a hot rock when I wrote and explained previous abuse/threats and my concerns for the kids welfare, but I know other Mums who have had to agree to unsupervised access under pressure. This sounds like Mummy was just enjoying a break and maybe trying to make the Twat prove himself by looking after the kids for her?

Do you mean that you think this 'man' is the one who had the solicitor demand unsupervised visits? Because he wasn't the child's father:

Rio's mother, Kirsty, in her 20s, is believed to be pregnant by the man now under arrest, who is not the dead boy's father.

[Northernspark]

@Marv when I refer to Evil ex I mean my own situation. I know the mother dropped charges in this case, but I've known plenty of other cases where social services have removed kids if the Mother refused to stop seeing abusive partner. I don't have much sympathy for Mum, but I can see how it happened. She's going to feel guilty every time she looks at her newborn. My point was that she chose to give him unsupervised access.

[Marv]

@Marv when I refer to Evil ex I mean my own situation. I know the mother dropped charges in this case, but I've known plenty of other cases where social services have removed kids if the Mother refused to stop seeing abusive partner. I don't have much sympathy for Mum, but I can see how it happened. She's going to feel guilty every time she looks at her newborn. My point was that she chose to give him unsupervised access.

Right, got it. This bit threw me:

I recognise her name and have a horrid feeling this is one of my 'younger mums' that we helped

I thought you meant you recognised this case and that Rigby had demanded unsupervised visits with Rio, but you helped to get it dropped on Smedley's behalf.

I don't have ANY sympathy for mum. She KNEW he was violent, and as he wasn't the child's father he had no rights to any 'access'. She wanted some peace from the pesky toddler, and was willing to put him at risk to get it by leaving him with her violent asshole partner.

[TKaz]

It sounds like it was precalculated doesn't it? He took the boy to HIS family & then oops, he got hurt three times. It's as if the visit was a cover to beat the shit out of the boy the whole time. He planned the trip JUST to hurt him.

What will always amaze me is these people beat kids because they lost their temper (though DID he if it was precalculated??) but going to jail for a long period of time for something as shaming as getting pissed at a kid never stops them. How embarassing to go to jail because you weren't calm enough to handle a TWO YR OLD.

[Northernspark]

How embarassing to go to jail because you weren't calm enough to handle a TWO YR OLD.

I don't know about embarassing, defintely shameful though. He's going to get the shite knocked out of him.

@Marv, I might be mistaken, but I think we helped her escape a previous abusive relationship. If so I can only say that she had the best support you could ask for. But people move area and Social Services don't/can't always track them, they just wind up in the bottom of somebody elses inbox.

[Marv]

A woman who allowed the death of her two-year-old son at the hands of her murdering boyfriend has been jailed for four years.
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She was convicted last month in a trial at Manchester Crown Court of allowing his death after the court heard she knew her son had received two nasty injuries to his backside and head the day before when Rigby was looking after him.
[...]

Smedley who has already been pregnant seven times was castigated by the judge for having 'an irresponsible view of obligations of a mother' after he heard how she put her love life first.

Sentencing her, Mr Justice MacKay said the jury’s verdict meant they were sure she knew or ought to have known there was a significant risk of serious harm to her son.
He told Smedley: 'At no stage did you do anything to protect Rio from his fate. He must have suffered greatly before his death.

'You should never have left him that night. It was quite clear that Rio was at risk. You were infatuated with Rigby at the time and I think you still are, or at least during the trial.

'At the top of your list was a need to please him (Rigby).'
[...]

The mother of two had been headbutted, slapped across the face and called a 'fat slag' by 23-year Rigby during a stormy relationship.

Yet even though he was arrested and banned from contacting her she was so infatuated she dropped charges against him - even though her son Rio had had previous unexplained bruises.
[...]

The judge noted that she had shown no remorse over Rio’s death and the only time she showed distress was when her 999 call to the emergency services was played in court.

The tragedy occurred whilst Smedley was heavily pregnant with a third child - but had not told Rigby someone else was the father.

She only revealed the truth in a witness box when she was testifying at a trial over the toddler’s death.

Whilst awaiting trial she fell pregnant again to a neighbour but she had a termination in prison two weeks ago - and is now considering sterilisation, (halle-fucking-lujah!) the judge was told.
[...]

Mr Justice MacKay told Smedley, who will be released on licence halfway through her sentence: 'I hope you will take the assistance that the prison will give you.
[...]

Her two surviving children will now be cared for by foster carers and she has made little effort to contact them.

Smedley began dating Rigby, who has previous for or assault, public order matters and car theft, in 2011.

Last January she announced she was three months pregnant with her second child but Rigby punched and slapping Smedley in the belief she had been texting other men.

Friends recalled how he also headbutted her and kicked her in the head during a row in the kitchen whilst waiting for her to 'get him some money'.

Last March 21 when Smedley was five months pregnant, Rigby punched her in the face grabbed her by the cheeks, pushed her into a door and headbutted her after claiming she was planning to have sex with other men.
[...]

He immediately returned to their home and that evening Smedley left him to care for Rio for an hour whilst she and a friend went off to pick up portions of fish chips from a nearby takeaway.

When Smedley returned home Rio already had red blotches on him and was feeling sick but she ignored the warning signs and instead went out again the next day to see relatives leaving the youngster at home with her violent boyfriend.
[...]

When she returned the youngster was sporting a bruise to his bottom, yet the following day the mother went out for a third time leaving Rio with Rigby.

She was eventually called in a text by Rigby who said Rio had fallen down the stairs. She rushed back home to find the youngster was not moving and his eyes “sunk” to the back of his head and dialled 999.

Rio was taken to the Royal Bolton Hospital but later died of a ruptured liver caused by punches kicks and stamping.

A pathologist who examined Rio, found 91 separate marks of injury including 40 bruises and abrasions to his head and face, 11 bruises and abrasions to his abdomen, a 9.5cm x 3.7cm bruise to his buttock, seven bruises and abrasions to both his arms, and 20 injuries to his legs and feet.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...split-two.html




Two years is all she will serve in prison for allowing that fucker to beat her baby to death.



Two. Fucking. Years.

[Tundratot]

Her sentence is a travesty, but his is worse. He'll be getting out when she's only half-way through hers?!! Did they charge him with malicious mischief?! (Nah, they'd have given him a harsher sentence for that.)