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Alfred steele death cause12/12/2023 On the day the youngster died, just before 2.30pm, Scott called 999 claiming little Alfie had fallen asleep in the bath and slipped under the surface. "It was their actions that led to his death." "He had been deliberately and repeatedly assaulted, beaten, and put into and held under a cold bath as a punishment, and that unlawful course of conduct, that unnecessary punishment, was carried out jointly by Carla Scott and Dirk Howell. "Alfie had not simply fallen asleep in a comfortable bath. "The people we say are responsible for killing Alfie and inflicting cruelty on him are his mother, Carla Scott and her partner, Dirk Howell. Opening the case, Michelle Heeley KC said: "This case is about the murder of a nine year old boy called Alfie Steele, who died after being beaten and deliberately put in a cold bath. ![]() Today Scott and Howell went on trial at Coventry Crown Court accused of murder and causing or allowing the death of a child. Jurors were told that the couple thought it was acceptable to hit Alfie with “belts, or a slider, like a heavy-duty flip flop, and use other more sinister forms of punishment". The schoolboy was found with more than 50 injuries all over his body caused by "direct pressure” which left him "susceptible to drowning whilst unconscious". ![]() Now, a court has heard that the youngster was subject to months of sick cruelty and a “sinister” regime of punishment at the hands of his mum Carla Scott, 35, and her fiancé Dirk Howell, 41. ![]() A nine-year-old boy was held down in a cold bath and whipped and beaten by his mum and her boyfriend in a sickening and “sinister” murder, a court has heard.Īlfie Steele was found by police officers cold and lifeless at his family home in Droitwich, Worcestershire, on February 18, 2021, and he tragically died at Worcester Royal Hospital.
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