Woman slapped son and asked him to stop crying minutes before boyfriend crushed him with car seat
The mother, identified as 23-year-old Adrian Hoare, allegedly slapped Alfie Lamb and told him to be quiet as he wanted to get comfortable in the rear footwell of a car
A mother of a three-year-old son reportedly told him to "shut up or I will give you something to cry for" before her boyfriend crushed the toddler to death by exerting pressure on his car seat, a court heard on Friday.
The mother, identified as 23-year-old Adrian Hoare, allegedly slapped the toddler, Alfie Lamb, and told him to be quiet as he wanted to get comfortable in the rear footwell of a car. The toddler died after 25-year-old Stephen Waterson allegedly pushed back his seat into Alfie because he was annoyed by the toddler. The incident occurred shortly after Hoare put the child in the rear footwell of the Audi.
