also on today s programme: nationwide puts up its mortgage rates by 0.45% and other lenders also increase the cost of new deals. the kent hospital where the maternity unit was almost shut down by inspectors as basic hygiene was not observed. a medicalfacility in ukraine is destroyed by a russian missile strike, killing two people and injuring over 20. and british cycling says it ll ban transgender women from elite female competition. and coming up on bbc news. three teams, two relegation places to avoid. leicester leeds and everton head into the final weekend of the premier league hoping to secure their survival. good evening. the parents of 10 month old finley boden have been sentenced today for his murder on christmas day in 2020. his mother, shannon marsden, was given a minimum of 27 years and his father, stephen boden, a minimum of 29 years. finley had been taken by social services soon after he was born, but was given back to his parents 39 days before he died. during
to do so simply for their own means is beyond words. the bbc s uncovered documents which relate to the decision to return finley to his parents care. it shows how they pretended to have turned their chaotic lives around. it was at the height of the pandemic, which meant they were able to keep people at arm s length. these are the pictures of their home which they presented at a crucial family court hearing. this was the reality. finley died in abject squalor. they wanted people to think that they were a happy family. instead of caring for their son, they cared more about buying cannabis. during their trial they attempted to shift the blame, and even today showed no remorse. having brutally assaulted finley on at least two occasions, you continued to abuse him, and you lied that he had covid so that no one would see him and remove him from your care. in doing so, you subjected your own
baby son to unimaginable cruelty. the pair have returned to jail knowing they will spend most if not all of the rest of their lives there. a safeguarding review is being carried out to see whether anything could ve been done to save their little boy s life. phil mackie, bbc news, derby. joining me now is sanchia berg, who s been looking at this case. what does it make part of what marks this case out is the way the parents used covid. this case out is the way the parents used covid- this case out is the way the parents used covid. yes. from court papers obtained, used covid. yes. from court papers obtained. we used covid. yes. from court papers obtained, we can used covid. yes. from court papers obtained, we can see used covid. yes. from court papers obtained, we can see that - used covid. yes. from court papers obtained, we can see thatjust - used covid. yes. from court papersj obtained, we can see thatjust after his birth, finley s parents try to get him back and used the
happened in the lead up to finley s death when they had got him back because they used covid again to keep the professionals away. on this occasion, they said finley had covid. obviously this begs the question, given we ve had so many high profile child deaths in recent years, many during that covid period, is this something of a phenomenon on? i spoke to an expert in this area who scrutinises all the data around these cases, and she said there is some kind of impact but it is too early to say what the real picture is. the kind of granular detail we got from the family court document is valuable. she also sounded a warning that the legacy of covid when it comes to child protection is very much still with us. ., ~ , ., child protection is very much still with us. ., ~ , ., , child protection is very much still with us. ., ~ ,, , . the uk s biggest building society, the nationwide, has raised its mortgage rates again. it follows this week s figures which showed that inflation that s t
today at six: ten month old finley boden, who was murdered by his parents on christmas day in 2020 his killers are jailed for 29 and 27 years. finley was taken from his parents at birth by social services but then returned to them 39 days before he died. during sentencing, stephen boden and shannon marsden were described as persuasive and accomplished liars who brutally assaulted their son. they used the covid pandemic to hide their actions. you continued to abuse him, and you lied that he had covid so that no one would see him and remove him from your care, and in doing so, you subjected your own baby son to unimaginable cruelty.