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Good evening. | 0:00:16 | 0:00:17 | |
A man who beat his girlfriend's 17-month-old son has been found | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
guilty of his murder, and jailed for life. | 0:00:20 | 0:00:23 | |
Finley Thomas suffered "catastrophic head injuries" when he was attacked | 0:00:23 | 0:00:26 | |
at his home near Tonypandy in 2014. | 0:00:26 | 0:00:29 | |
The child's mother, Chloe Thomas, who helped him cover up the crime, | 0:00:29 | 0:00:32 | |
admitted child cruelty. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:34 | |
Caroline Evans reports. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:38 | |
Finley Thomas was just 17 months old when his life ended abruptly | 0:00:38 | 0:00:42 | |
and brutally at the hands of a man described today as | 0:00:42 | 0:00:45 | |
manipulative and callous. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:48 | |
28-year-old Sean Buckley, a drug dealer and boyfriend | 0:00:48 | 0:00:52 | |
of Finley Thomas's mother, Chloe Thomas. | 0:00:52 | 0:00:55 | |
She was said to be infatuated with him. | 0:00:55 | 0:00:58 | |
Today, near Tonypandy, where the little boy | 0:00:58 | 0:01:01 | |
lived his short life, those who knew him are | 0:01:01 | 0:01:04 | |
deeply saddened by his killing. | 0:01:04 | 0:01:07 | |
He was a lovely pretty before boy. Pretty baby. | 0:01:07 | 0:01:10 | |
It was re-heartbreaking, really upsetting | 0:01:10 | 0:01:13 | |
and quite distressing. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:15 | |
He was just an innocent little baby. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:17 | |
You can't treat a child like that, it's just awful. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:20 | |
The toddler had been left at home here with Buckley | 0:01:20 | 0:01:23 | |
on the day he died. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:24 | |
Doctors later found he'd suffered what were described | 0:01:24 | 0:01:26 | |
as catastrophic head injuries. | 0:01:26 | 0:01:29 | |
Killed, said the prosecution, when Sean Buckley struck him | 0:01:29 | 0:01:32 | |
with or against a garden chair. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:36 | |
Together, Thomas and Buckley covered up the little boy's murder. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:39 | |
They claimed he had fallen down the stairs. | 0:01:39 | 0:01:42 | |
But the investigation into his death revealed this was a lie. | 0:01:42 | 0:01:46 | |
A pattern of bruising on his head matched a chair in another | 0:01:46 | 0:01:49 | |
part of the house. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:51 | |
He was only 17 months old when he died in the care | 0:01:51 | 0:01:54 | |
of the people who should have done more than any others | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
to nurture him, to keep him safe. | 0:01:57 | 0:01:58 | |
Once again, I appeal to the public to respect the judicial process, | 0:01:58 | 0:02:01 | |
and I urge you to carefully consider any messages you might | 0:02:01 | 0:02:04 | |
post on social media. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:05 | |
Safeguarding is everyone's business. | 0:02:05 | 0:02:09 | |
If you have any suspicions or concerns about any vulnerable | 0:02:09 | 0:02:11 | |
members of your community, then please contact the police. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:16 | |
Partway through the trial, Chloe Thomas changed her plea | 0:02:16 | 0:02:18 | |
to admit child cruelty. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:21 | |
Today, the jury at Cardiff Crown Court found 28-year-old Sean Buckley | 0:02:21 | 0:02:25 | |
guilty to both murder and to child cruelty. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:30 | |
Passing sentence, the judge told Buckley that taking advantage | 0:02:30 | 0:02:33 | |
of Chloe Thomas's guilty plea "to absolve yourself | 0:02:33 | 0:02:37 | |
"of blame illustrates the depth to which you'll stoop." | 0:02:37 | 0:02:41 | |
She sentenced him to life with a minimum term of 17 years. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:46 | |
Chloe Thomas will be sentenced at a later date. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:49 | |
Caroline Evans reporting. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
The polls have closed and the votes are being counted across Wales | 0:02:53 | 0:02:56 | |
in the EU referendum. | 0:02:56 | 0:02:59 | |
The first results are likely to start coming through in the early | 0:02:59 | 0:03:01 | |
hours, and the overall results for Wales will be announced | 0:03:01 | 0:03:05 | |
in Flintshire around breakfast time tomorrow morning. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:10 | |
A man from Swansea convicted of killing his landlord has been | 0:03:10 | 0:03:13 | |
sentenced to life in prison. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:14 | |
David Ellis, who is 41, was found guilty of the murder | 0:03:14 | 0:03:17 | |
of Alec Warburton yesterday. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:19 | |
He'll serve at least 26 years. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:24 | |
A man who continually breached a restraining order preventing him | 0:03:24 | 0:03:26 | |
from harassing a singer from Prestatyn has been | 0:03:26 | 0:03:29 | |
jailed for a third time. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:31 | |
Anthony Mantova was given a 12 month sentence after posting offensive | 0:03:31 | 0:03:35 | |
comments about Chloe Hopkins online. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:39 | |
She has said she would rather he had psychiatric help. | 0:03:39 | 0:03:44 | |
Uncertainty over the date when electrified trains will start | 0:03:44 | 0:03:46 | |
running to Swansea is affecting potential investment in the city. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:50 | |
That's according to the chair of the city's Business | 0:03:50 | 0:03:52 | |
Improvement District. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:54 | |
Network Rail says electrification is due to arrive between 2019 | 0:03:54 | 0:03:57 | |
and 2024, the exact date and cost is "to be confirmed." | 0:03:57 | 0:04:05 | |
It's quite late in the day, really, for Network Rail to not be | 0:04:05 | 0:04:08 | |
giving us some certainty and some costing decisions. | 0:04:08 | 0:04:13 | |
And we need to ensure that businesses are going to look | 0:04:13 | 0:04:16 | |
towards this region for inward investment. | 0:04:16 | 0:04:21 | |
A motorcyclist from Caerphilly has been arrested on suspicion | 0:04:21 | 0:04:23 | |
of dangerous driving after colliding with a police officer | 0:04:23 | 0:04:26 | |
who was on duty in Senghenydd. | 0:04:26 | 0:04:29 | |
The 41-year-old man was riding an off-road bike along | 0:04:29 | 0:04:32 | |
the high street last night, when the officer was struck. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:35 | |
He suffered minor injuries. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:39 | |
No legal action will be taken against a failed drone | 0:04:39 | 0:04:41 | |
company in Pembrokeshire. | 0:04:41 | 0:04:42 | |
The council investigated the Torquing Group after complaints | 0:04:42 | 0:04:45 | |
following its collapse. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:47 | |
Thousands of backers invested over ?2 million in the Zano mini-drone | 0:04:47 | 0:04:52 | |
through crowdfunding. | 0:04:52 | 0:04:54 | |
But, last November, they lost their money, | 0:04:54 | 0:04:56 | |
after the company went in to voluntary liquidation. | 0:04:56 | 0:05:01 | |
Aled Sion Davies has been selected as one of 13 track | 0:05:01 | 0:05:03 | |
and field athletes in Team GB for the Rio Paralympics | 0:05:03 | 0:05:08 | |
in the F42 Shot put category. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:11 | |
Cardiff-based Hollie Arnold will also be on the same plane. | 0:05:11 | 0:05:14 | |
She's been selected to compete in the F46 Javelin category. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:20 | |
Let's see what the weather has in store for us. | 0:05:20 | 0:05:23 | |
Here's Sue Charles with the forecast. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:24 | |
Good evening. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:25 | |
It was mostly dry and bright today but not quite as fine tomorrow. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:28 | |
Sunny spells, also a few sharp showers. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:31 | |
It has been settled today between these two weather fronts, | 0:05:31 | 0:05:34 | |
but low pressure in the Atlantic edges closer bringing a greater | 0:05:34 | 0:05:38 | |
shower risk tomorrow. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:40 | |
So, overnight, dry for a time but some thicker cloud ahead of that | 0:05:40 | 0:05:43 | |
front developing further west, followed by a few showers. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:46 | |
Another mild night at 11-14 Celsius. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:50 | |
And then tomorrow, it's a day of sunny spells, | 0:05:50 | 0:05:52 | |
variable cloud but also a few showers. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:55 | |
And that front is bringing scattered showers across | 0:05:55 | 0:05:57 | |
Northern Ireland and the west of Scotland and England. | 0:05:57 | 0:06:04 | |
The east holding onto the dryer, brighter weather the longest. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:06 | |
Temperatures holding up into the 20s further east, but, in the showers, | 0:06:06 | 0:06:09 | |
across northern Scotland, more like 15-16 Celsius. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:13 | |
And for Wales later tomorrow, sunny spells, some sharp showers, | 0:06:13 | 0:06:16 | |
especially further north. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:18 | |
Westerly winds, brisk along the coast, and staying relatively | 0:06:18 | 0:06:21 | |
warm at 16-19 Celsius. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:25 | |
Tomorrow night into Saturday, low pressure bringing | 0:06:25 | 0:06:27 | |
thicker cloud and some showers. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:30 | |
So, a chance of showers early on Saturday, and then | 0:06:30 | 0:06:32 | |
generally brightening up, turning dryer later in the day, | 0:06:32 | 0:06:36 | |
fewer showers, cloudy at times, and with winds turning | 0:06:36 | 0:06:39 | |
more north-westerly, not quite as warm at 15-18 Celsius. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:44 | |
And then Sunday is looking largely dry and settled in the morning | 0:06:44 | 0:06:47 | |
but a chance of a few showers later, more likely in the north and west. | 0:06:47 | 0:06:53 | |
And that is Wales Today. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:55 | |
Back now to David Dimbleby for the EU Referendum results programme. | 0:06:55 | 0:06:57 | |
There will be updates from here in Wales | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
throughout the night, the first at 11:30pm. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:01 | |
Have a good night. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:02 | |
Tom | 0:07:18 | 0:07:19 |