![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/parents-beat-and-burned-baby-on-christmas-day-in-savage-and-brutal-killing/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_JA_TEM_090622_HollandRdChesterfield.jpg&description=Stephen Boden and Shannon Marsden are accused of killing 10-month-old Finley Boden during the winter 2020 Covid lockdown - 39 days after he was placed back into their careThe property in Holland Road where the murder is alleged to have taken placeA cannabis using couple are on trial for the "savage and brutal" murder of their baby son on Christmas Day. A court heard that the pair burnt and beat the infant "in repeated acts of severe violence". Stephen Boden, 29, and Shannon Marsden, 22, are accused of killing 10-month-old Finley Boden during the winter 2020 Covid lockdown - 39 days after he was placed back into their care. On Wednesday, Mary Prior KC, opened the case for the prosecution, and said Finley suffered a catalogue of "appalling" injuries, including 57 breaks and 71 bruises, some which had been present for two weeks. Just hours after his son's death, Boden told Marsden at hospital that he was going to sell Finley's pushchair "on eBay ". However, he later told police that it was "in an effort to lighten the mood". Finley's pelvis was broken in two places, Ms Prior said, possibly from sustained "kicking or stamping" inflicted in the short period before his fatal collapse. The youngster also had two burns on his left hand, images of which were shown to Derby Crown Court jurors; one a contact burn "from a hot, flat surface", the other probably "from a cigarette lighter flame". The inside of Finley's mouth was "torn", with Ms Prior saying: "This is caused by forcing a dummy or a bottle in the mouth." The baby had a "spiral" break to a thigh, while a shin bone break was "consistent with being held by the ankle and gripped and twisted". Finley's cause of death was given as multiple episodes of non-accidental blunt force trauma, the court was told. Ms Prior alleged "self-centred" Boden and Marsden were "in it together", saying the couple prioritised getting money to spend on cannabis over their baby's care. Jurors were shown photographs of the couple's cluttered ho){kind=link}
Stephen Boden and Shannon Marsden are accused of killing 10-month-old Finley Boden during the winter 2020 Covid lockdown – 39 days after he was placed back into their care
A cannabis using couple are on trial for the “savage and brutal” murder of their baby son on Christmas Day.
A court heard that the pair burnt and beat the infant “in repeated acts of severe violence”.
Stephen Boden, 29, and Shannon Marsden, 22, are accused of killing 10-month-old Finley Boden during the winter 2020 Covid lockdown – 39 days after he was placed back into their care.
On Wednesday, Mary Prior KC, opened the case for the prosecution, and said Finley suffered a catalogue of “appalling” injuries, including 57 breaks and 71 bruises, some which had been present for two weeks.