mrs justice tipples, the judge during this case. against him. mrs tipples was seen to be struggling to keep her emotions in check, thejury be struggling to keep her emotions in check, the jury itself also. the jury in check, the jury itself also. the jury in this case has been excused from jury duty for life because this case was so distressing. we haven't seen, reporting, the emotion of finley“s parents. just remind us who stephen boden and shannon marsden r. we don't know an awful lot about them except their ages. as the judge was saying, we now they got together when shannon marsden was just 16, stephen boden i think is eight years older, so he was 24, so they have been together for quite a few years. there were suggestions in court that she was trying to seek help for domestic violence. the papers that i have seen showed that he did have a history of violence. criminal court heard that she was trying to seek help to escape, but when police asked her if she would like to talk to them about that, perhaps give evidence about that,

we will go back now to the court with mrs justice tipples. back now to the court with mrs justice tipplesice tipples. patting the dog onl a few justice tipples. patting the dog only a few weeks _ justice tipples. patting the dog only a few weeks earlier. - justice tipples. patting the dog only a few weeks earlier. you l justice tipples. patting the dog i only a few weeks earlier. you both still did nothing to help finley, rather you continued to leave him to suffer. the next day, christmas eve, he went out as a family shopping in chesterfield for three and a half hours with finley in his pram. you did that to ensure that in that time, social care would not find you at home. getting finley ready to go out, moving him in and out of his pram, would have caused him excruciating pain. then in the cold december evening, you all went out for another hour to tesco and one shopin for another hour to tesco and one shop in old whittington. the items you bought included formula milk for finley. when you got home, finley was put to bed in his cot and by the early hours of christmas day, he was dead. y

mrs. justice tipple for parole. mrs. justice tipple saythg— for parole. mrs. nutes that steven boden has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 29 ysars— imprisonment with a minimum of 29 ysars apt— imprisonment with a minimum of 29 years and shannon marsden , 29 years and shannon marsden, life 29 years and shannon marsden, ttts th— 29 years and shannon marsden, ttts th prtsoh— 29 years and shannon marsden, life in prison, 27— 29 years and shannon marsden, life in prison, 27 years, tmmmum— life in prison, 27 years, .— life in prison, 27 years, minimum . again, apologies for minimum. again, apologies for the minimum. again, apologies for ths wsry— minimum. again, apologies for the very distressing nature of that.— the very distressing nature of that. out— the very distressing nature of that. hut ot— the very distressing nature of that. but of course, important that— that. but of course, important that ws— that. but of course, important that ws hrthg— that. but of course, important that we bring you— that. but of course, important that we bring you

studio: we havejust lost our coverage from derby crown court, mrs justice tipples in her sentencing remarks more there are about finley boden�*s parents. the judge saying that stephen boden had prior convictions and that shannon marsden was 20 at the time and no prior convictions. let's hear more. in mitigation, it said that neither of you had no intention to kill finley. i cannot be sure that the brutal assaults on finley were premeditated, or that when they happen there was an intention to kill. however in the present context i do not regard this point as providing any mitigation. this is because it is repeatedly undermined by your abuse of finley and the dreadful cruelty and suffering you deliberately subjected him to over an extensive period of 13 days and which culminated in his death. you are, shannon marsden, also refer to your age in mitigation. i accept at 20 you are less mature than stephen boden, and together with your lack of previous convictions those are mitigating factors which count in your favour. mitigating factors which count in yourfavour. i have also read and taken into