Murdered Logan Mwangi was 'failed during Covid lockdown', damning report finds

25.11.2022 - 00:03 / dailyrecord.co.uk

Murdered Logan Mwangi was failed during the Covid lockdown - when multiple opportunities were missed by social services to save the schoolboy, a safeguarding review has found. The five-year-old was brutally killed by family just weeks after he was "stepped down" from the child protection register.

Mum Angharad Williamson, 31, stepdad John Cole, 40, step-brother Craig Mulligan, 14, were sentenced to life in prison for the horrific crime. The youngster was murdered just five days after Mulligan moved into the family home following a rushed family court decision, despite his violent past and threats made against Logan.

His body was then dumped in a river just 400 yards from his home in Sarn, Bridgend in July 2021, having suffered 56 external injuries including a torn liver and trauma to the brain. In a 999 call made at roughly 6am on July 31, 2021, Williamson falsely claimed her son was ‘missing’ in a failed bid to cover up the murder, the Mirror reports.

However, ar 2.43am, Cole was caught on a neighbour's CCTV carrying Logan's body to the River Ogmore while Mulligan followed him. Hours later, Logan's body was uncovered by police.

Now, a report which investigated police, school workers, NHS staff and social services has found there were multiple failures across services in the months leading up to youngster's death. Shockingly, Logan was taken off the child protection register just 13 days after his mum pressed a hot spoon against his neck, burning his skin.

The report also found that social workers were so distracted dealing with Williamson and Cole and the three-way "banshee" relationship they had with Mulligan's mum that they missed clear signs of Logan's abuse. They also failed to assess whether Logan's mixed-race