Mother and ex-boyfriend sentenced to life in prison over murder of 18-month-old Alfie Phillips

The mother of an 18-month-old boy and her former partner have been given life sentences for his murder. Alfie Phillips was beaten and smothered, suffering 70 injuries to his body, including a "myriad of bruises" and broken ribs, arms and legs, in what prosecutors described as a night of "violent discipline".

His mother, Sian Hedges, 27, and her ex-boyfriend Jack Benham, 35, had been drinking whisky and taking cocaine. Traces of the Class A drug were found in Alfie's body, Maidstone Crown Court was told.

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