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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Yahoo
Moment evil Wolverhampton grandparents confronted by police over grandson's murder
These are the chilling moments police officers confronted two grandparents over the murder of their two-year-old grandson. Michael Ives and Kerry Ives, aged 47 and 46, were on Tuesday (July 15) convicted of murdering Ethan Ives-Griffiths at their home in North Wales back in August 2021. The pair, originally from Wolverhampton, were also found guilty of cruelty to a child while Ethan's 28-year-old mother Shannon Ives was found guilty of that offence as well. READ MORE: Evil granddad murdered grandson as his mum and grandmother 'watched abuse unfold' Get breaking news on BirminghamLive WhatsApp, click the link to join In addition, Shannon was convicted of causing or allowing his death. Footage released by North Wales Police showed officers questioning Michael and Kerry. One clip showed Michael forcefully picking up Ethan by his arm and placing him in a car. Questioned by an officer about how he felt watching the incident back, Michael replied: "Disgusted with myself." Another clipped showed Michael spraying Ethan with a hose whilst the youngster played on a trampoline in a back garden. Michael was also seen carrying Ethan off from the trampoline in a similar forceful manner "like a bag of rubbish." An officer asked Michael: "Ethan, given his size and weight, his fragility, how do you think that felt to him receiving that treatment?" "I don't know, he wasn't whinging or anything," replied Michael. The officer continued: "What had Ethan done to deserve being picked up and treated in such a way?" "Nothing," replied Michael. "Had he been naughty?" the officer asked. Michael responded: "No." Kerry gave evidence recalling how Ethan's mum Shannon would "smack him". Other clips showed Michael and Kerry being quizzed in their living room recalling the moments Ethan collapsed on August 14, 2021. They were in the living room of their Flintshire home with Ethan when he sustained a "catastrophic" head injury, leading to his death just two days later - you can read more here. Michael and Kerry recalled Michael saying "stopping messing about" after he was found on the floor. Michael Ives and Kerry Ives, both of Kingsley Road, Garden City, Deeside, and their daughter, Shannon Ives, of Nant Garmon, Mold, are set to be sentenced at Mold Crown Court on Friday, October 3.
News.com.au
16-07-2025
- News.com.au
Hard-to-watch video shows 2yo being abused days before he was murdered by grandparents
Warning: Distressing A series of shocking videos show the disturbing moment a grandad is seen hauling his two-year-old grandson through the backyard and bundling him into a car – just days before the little boy's heartbreaking death. Michael Ives, 47, and Kerry Ives, 46, were found guilty of murder at Mold Crown Court after their grandson, Ethan Ives-Griffiths, collapsed at their home. Ethan was dangerously dehydrated and severely underweight while staying with his grandparents. After collapsing on the evening of August 14, 2021, he was rushed to hospital where doctors discovered Ethan had recently sustained a 'catastrophic' head injury. The young boy tragically died two days later in hospital. After a month-long court case, during which grandfather Michael admitted in court to being 'cruel and neglectful to the toddler', the pair have both been convicted of the boy's horrific death, The Sun reports. Ethan's mother Shannon Ives was also convicted of causing or allowing the death of a child and child cruelty after the jury determined she did nothing to prevent her Ethan's suffering. Harrowing video footage, collected over a period of weeks, was played in court that showed Michael aggressively dragging his grandson around the backyard by the upper arm at the home in Garden City, Wales. Michael can also be seen shoving the underweight toddler into the back seat of a car and appears to strike the tot in one clip, filmed on August 12, 2021, while Ethan's grandmother watches on. The court heard two-year-old Ethan was made to stand with his hands on his head as a cruel punishment when he misbehaved. Shannon, 28, had been staying with her son at her parents' home after fleeing domestic abuse, with the court hearing how the toddler was 'targeted for abuse and subjected to casual cruelty'. An upsetting video from August 4 shows the underfed and dehydrated youth wandering through the garden of the property looking dazed before being grabbed by his grandad and hauled into the air. Further footage, filmed on August 4, shows Michael grabbing the youth from a trampoline in the back garden and hauling him back into the house. Ethan is once again lifted clean off the ground and violently dragged around by his abusive grandad. One video clip from the home, shot on August 12, shows the tragic tot being shoved through the garden gate by his grandad as his grandmother stares at her phone, uncaring of the abuse her grandson is suffering. Ethan is then bundled into a waiting car and disappears from view but grandad Michael can be seen and appears to wrestle with Ethan on the back seat. Michael then makes several violent, sudden motions with his arm which look to be blows aimed at the weak two-year-old. Another clip seen in court showed Michael lifting the toddler clean off the ground after violently gripping the youth's upper arm. Shannon's parents accused her of hitting her son, with Michael Ives telling the jury his daughter was 'quick-tempered' and would slap Ethan a couple of times a day. Shannon told the court her parents were 'horrible' and abused her as a child, The Sun reported. Young Ethan was described as 'painfully thin' and had 40 injuries on his body when he was examined by doctors. Michael and Kerry were in the living room with Ethan when he collapsed, but it took 18 minutes for emergency services to be called after the tot fainted. It was Ethan's grandmother who eventually made the call for help. Michael Ives denied he or his wife Kerry inflicted a severe head injury on Ethan before he collapsed at their home. But following the little boy's death, the grandfather accepted in court that he neglected Ethan and that the way he carried him, by his upper arm, was cruel. He denied mistreating the toddler in other ways. Jurors were visibly upset at points during the gruelling five-and-a-half week trial after watching extensive footage of the abuse Ethan suffered. The court heard Ethan had been placed on the child protection register, requiring him to be seen every 10 days. When Shannon last saw her social worker, on August 5, she spoke to him on the doorstep and told him Ethan was having a nap. No-one answered the door when social worker Michael Cornish went to visit in the days before Ethan's death. Caroline Rees KC, prosecuting, described the way Michael carried Ethan around the home and garden 'as though Ethan was just a bag of rubbish to be slung out'. Doctors found abdominal injuries on Ethan's body which are believed to have been inflicted on the tot in the days before his death. The tragic tot was also found with other injuries including bruises which were consistent with grip marks on his leg and face. Experts said Ethan would have died of dehydration within days if he didn't suffer the head injury. At the time of his death the tot weighed just 10kg. Detective Superintendent Chris Bell said Ethan was singled out and 'casually and brutally assaulted'. He said: 'It is beyond comprehension how anybody could treat a human being like that, let alone a defenceless two-year-old who you should be caring for.' The jury deliberated for six hours and 54 minutes before returning their verdicts on Tuesday morning. Mr Justice Griffiths said Michael Ives and Kerry Ives would be given life sentences while Shannon Ives faced a 'substantial prison sentence'. The defendants will be sentenced on October 3. An estimated 2.7 million Australians aged 18 years and over, around one in seven, have experienced childhood abuse, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Research shows most people who experienced childhood abuse knew the perpetrator with people who witnessed parental violence during childhood found to be more than twice as likely to experience partner violence as an adult (25 per cent) compared with those who did not witness parental violence during childhood (9.3 per cent).
Sky News
15-07-2025
- Sky News
Ethan Ives-Griffiths: Grandparents of two-year-old boy found guilty of his murder
The grandparents of a two-year-old boy have been found guilty of his murder. Ethan Ives-Griffiths was dangerously dehydrated, severely underweight and had 40 visible bruises or marks when he collapsed with a catastrophic head injury at his grandparents' home in Flintshire, North Wales, on 14 August 2021. Michael Ives, 47, and Kerry Ives, 46, were convicted of his murder and of cruelty to a child under 16. Ethan's mother, Shannon Ives, 28, who had been staying with her son at her parents' home, was found guilty of causing or allowing his death and of child cruelty. During the trial at Mold Crown Court, jurors were shown CCTV from the family home which showed Michael Ives carrying his grandson by the top of his arm and appearing to punch him after putting him into a car seat. Caroline Rees KC, prosecuting, described the way Michael Ives carried his grandson "as though Ethan was just a bag of rubbish to be slung out". The court heard the youngster had been placed on the child protection register, requiring him to be seen every 10 days. However, when Shannon Ives last saw her social worker, on 5 August 2021, she spoke to him on the doorstep and told him Ethan was having a nap. No one answered the door when social worker Michael Cornish went to visit in the days before Ethan's death and a scheduled appointment with a health visitor on 13 August was cancelled. Shannon Ives was said to have fled domestic violence from her home in Mold in June that year. Michael Ives told the jury his daughter was "quick-tempered" and would slap Ethan a couple of times a day, but Shannon Ives claimed her parents were "horrible" and abused her as a child. Please refresh the page for the latest version.
The Independent
15-07-2025
- The Independent
Grandparents found guilty of murdering their two-year-old grandson
A couple have been found guilty of the murder of their two-year-old grandson. Ethan Ives-Griffiths was dangerously dehydrated and severely underweight, with 40 visible bruises or marks, when he collapsed with a catastrophic head injury at his grandparents' home in Flintshire, North Wales, on the evening of August 14, 2021. A jury at Mold Crown Court convicted his grandfather, Michael Ives, 47, and grandmother, Kerry Ives, 46, of his murder and of cruelty to a child under 16. Ethan's mother, Shannon Ives, 28, who had been staying with her son at her parents' home in Garden City when the court heard he was 'targeted for abuse and subjected to casual cruelty', was found guilty of causing or allowing his death and of child cruelty. Jurors were visibly upset at points during the five-and-a-half week trial, during which CCTV from the family home was played, which showed Michael Ives carrying his grandson by the top of his arm and appearing to punch him after putting him into a car seat. The court heard Ethan had been placed on the child protection register, requiring him to be seen every 10 days, but when Shannon Ives last saw her social worker, on August 5, she spoke to him on the doorstep and told him Ethan was having a nap. No one answered the door when social worker Michael Cornish went to visit in the days before Ethan's death, and a scheduled appointment with a health visitor on August 13 was cancelled. Shannon Ives had fled domestic violence from her home in Mold in June that year, the jury was told. Her parents accused her of hitting her son, with Michael Ives telling the jury his daughter was 'quick-tempered' and would slap Ethan a couple of times a day. But Shannon Ives told the court her parents were 'horrible' and abused her as a child. The court heard Ethan was made to stand with his hands on his head as a punishment when he misbehaved. CCTV footage from August 4 showed Michael Ives carrying his grandson by the top of his arm in a way which Caroline Rees KC, prosecuting, described as 'as though Ethan was just a bag of rubbish to be slung out'. The video, taken from the back garden of the family's four-bedroom home, showed Ethan appearing unsteady on the trampoline, or lying down, while other children bounced and appeared to show Michael Ives point the garden hose at him, place the toddler's hands on his head and gesture to another child to punch Ethan. After watching the video in court, Michael Ives said he felt 'ashamed' and admitted being cruel and neglectful of the toddler, but denied mistreating him in other ways. The cameras did not show Ethan leave the house after August 4 until August 12, when Michael Ives was seen again carrying him by the upper arm, putting him into a car seat and appearing to punch towards the youngster. When Ethan was examined by doctors after his death, he was found to have abdominal injuries likely to have been caused by blows in the days before his collapse. Other injuries included bruises, which were consistent with grip marks on his leg and face. Experts said Ethan would have died of dehydration within days had he not suffered the head injury and at the time of his death weighed just 10kg, the court was told. The jury heard medical evidence that Ethan's fatal head injury was caused by deliberate force or shaking and occurred at the time, or in the minutes before, he collapsed on the evening of Saturday, August 14, 2021. Michael and Kerry Ives, originally from Wolverhampton, were in the living room with Ethan at the time of his collapse while his mother was on the phone upstairs. Both told the jury 'nothing' had happened to the toddler before he fainted as they watched television. Kerry Ives said she immediately called Shannon Ives to come downstairs, but the court heard it was 18 minutes before she called emergency services. Ethan was taken to the Countess of Chester Hospital and later transferred to Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, where he died two days later.
The Independent
15-07-2025
- The Independent
Timeline of events leading up to the death of Ethan Ives-Griffiths
Two-year-old Ethan Ives-Griffiths died after suffering a fatal head injury at the home of his grandparents, Michael and Kerry Ives, in Flintshire, North Wales, in August 2021. The PA news agency looks back at the events that led up to the toddler's death. April 27 2019 – Ethan Ives-Griffiths is born to his mother Shannon Ives. June 9 2021 – Police are called to the home of Shannon Ives in Mold, where her partner Will Griffiths is arrested for controlling and coercive behaviour. She and Ethan Ives-Griffiths are taken to safety and later move in with her sister in Garden City, Deeside. June 24 2021 – Ethan moves into the home of his grandparents, Michael and Kerry Ives, in Kingsley Road, Garden City, while his mother continues to live with her sister. The toddler stays for a brief period before returning to his mother. July 16 2021 – Ethan and Shannon Ives move into the home on Kingsley Road. July 22 2021 – Social worker Michael Cornish attends the home of Shannon Ives's sister for a visit, but is told she has moved. He then attends the Kingsley Road home, where he sees Ethan and speaks to Shannon. He tells her Ethan is on the child protection register and there is a requirement for him to be seen every 10 days. August 4 2021 – CCTV footage from the back garden shows Ethan on a trampoline. He is seen being carried by his grandfather, Michael Ives, by the top of his arm. Expert medical witnesses said Ethan appeared to have already sustained some brain injury at the time, based on the way he appeared in the footage. August 5 2021 – Mr Cornish contacts Shannon Ives to arrange a visit. They have a conversation about the family needing to isolate due to Covid. Just after 3pm, he attended the house but did a doorstep visit and was told Ethan was having a nap. August 9 2021 – A core group meeting is due to be held, involving social services professionals and Shannon Ives. Shannon Ives does not attend. She messages Mr Cornish to say she is not feeling well, but later accepts that was not true. August 12 2021 – Ethan is seen on CCTV leaving the house for the first time since August 4. Footage shows him being carried by his arm by Michael Ives into the car. Ives appears to hit out twice with his arm once the toddler is in his car seat. Health visitor Ellie Jones and Mr Cornish attempt to visit the home, but there is no answer at the door. August 13 2021 – According to what the Ives family will later tell police, Ethan collapses on this day, but no medical attention is sought. A planned visit with the health visitor is cancelled by Shannon Ives. Footage shows Ethan is taken to Tesco by his grandparents. The prosecution alleges Michael Ives is seen mimicking Ethan's walk when he returns to the home. Mr Cornish tries to phone Shannon Ives, but there is no response. August 14 2021 – 9.02pm – Shannon Ives is on the phone when her mother shouts for her to come downstairs because Ethan has collapsed. Michael and Kerry Ives were in the living room with their grandson when this happened, but both told police nothing had happened to cause him to faint. 9.20pm – Kerry Ives rings 999 and paramedics are called to the address and take the toddler to hospital. August 16 2021 – Ethan is pronounced dead at 6pm in Alder Hey Children's Hospital.
