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EVIL Couple Who Murdered SWEET Grandson, Who Endured Pain & Misery, Jailed For LI
EVIL Couple Who Murdered Toddler Grandson Jailed For LIFE
Couple who beat their two year old grandson to death jailed for life
BBC 5 OCT 2025
Ethan Ives Griffiths two, was subjected to distress, pain and misery before his death at the hands of his grandparents, the toddler collapsed at their home in Flintshire, North Wales
Grandparents who murdered their grandson had a campaign to break him and did not like it when he stood up for himself, a judge has said as he jailed them for life.
Shannon Ives wanted Ethan to be broken too
Ethan Ives Griffiths died on 16 August 2021 after suffering a catastrophic head injury at his grandparents home in Garden City, Flintshire.
Sentencing Ethans grandfather, Michael Ives, 48, and grandmother, Kerry Ives, 46, at Mold Crown Court, Mr Justice Griffiths handed them minimum terms of 23 years and 17 years respectively. Ethans mother, Shannon Ives 28, was jailed 12 years for allowing Ethans death.
Ethan was being beaten, he was being starved, and he was being deprived of fluids, the judge told the court.
The toddler was a shadow of the chubby healthy child he had been in the days before he fatally collapsed, Mr Justice Griffiths said.
The violence was getting worse, more frequent and harsh, he said.
Describing the fatal attack, the judge said Michael did it. Kerry was sat next to him on the sofa. She was the partner in this crime. Although it was Michael who struck the blow, she smiled.
It was an act that would horrify any independent bystander.
The boys father, Will Griffiths, said he still felt dazed by his sons loss.
He was brave and resilient with a strong character, Mr Justice Griffiths said, adding that the people hitting him didnt like the little boy standing up for himself
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