Jury out in trial of pair accused of causing death of son found buried in garden

A assemblage has retired to see its verdicts successful the proceedings of a mates who buried their three-year-old son’s assemblage successful their backmost plot aft allegedly subjecting him to “breathtaking” cruelty.

Tai and Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah, aged 42 and 43 respectively, some contradict causing oregon allowing the decease of Abiyah Yasharahyalah, whose skeletal remains were discovered successful December 2022 astatine their erstwhile location successful Clarence Road, Handsworth, Birmingham.

A proceedings astatine Coventry Crown Court has been told that Abiyah died aft a respiratory unwellness successful January 2020, astatine a clip erstwhile helium was suffering from bony fractures, terrible malnutrition, rickets, anaemia, stunted maturation and terrible dental decay.

His parents besides contradict perverting the people of justness and kid cruelty by failing to supply capable nourishment oregon summon aesculapian care.

Prosecutors allege it would person been evident to some defendants, who had their ain content strategy including a “restrictive” vegan fare which besides near them with wellness problems, that Abiyah was successful sizeable symptom earlier his death.

Former fittingness teacher Tai Yasharahyalah told the proceedings helium present accepts helium was neglectful towards Abiyah but did not realise astatine the clip that his lad needed immoderate aesculapian care.

His woman besides denies acting “wilfully” successful failing to summon aesculapian help, claiming Abiyah’s assemblage was buried successful the anticipation helium mightiness beryllium “born again” and not successful bid to fell the decease from the authorities.

She besides maintains that she did not deliberation astir going to a doc due to the fact that she had “renounced her citizenship” and was “not contracted to the state”.

Jurors successful the lawsuit retired connected Wednesday and were told not to consciousness nether immoderate unit of clip successful reaching their conclusions.

After completing his summing up of the grounds successful the case, proceedings justice Mr Justice Wall told them: “You are present to scope the close verdict and you volition instrumentality arsenic overmuch oregon arsenic small clip arsenic you request successful bid to bash that.”