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Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and our broken child protection system

5 December 2021

6:00 PM

5 December 2021

6:00 PM

The official sentencing remarks on the short life and cruel death of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes begin with this trigger warning from the judge: ‘This is one of the most distressing and disturbing cases with which I have had to deal.’

This week Emma Tustin was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 29 years for the murder of her stepson Arthur last year. Thomas

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