Finley Boden: Parents 'brutally' kill 10-month-old baby

A 10-month-old baby was reportedly murdered by his parents – 39 days after he was placed back into their care by child protection through a court order following an eight-week transition.

The couple were responsible for what the court heard was the “savage and brutal” murder of their son Finley Boden after burning and beating him in repeated acts of violence.

Finley’s injuries included 57 breaks to his bones, 71 bruises and two burns on his left hand – one “from a hot, flat surface”, the other probably “from a cigarette lighter flame”.

Paramedics were called there in the early hours of Christmas Day and Finley was taken to hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

Child protection concerns meant Finley was taken from his parents shortly after he was born in February 2020.

But later that year, he was returned to their care through a court order following an eight-week transition, despite social workers asking for a six-month period.

A spokeswoman for Derbyshire County Council said it would be “fully engaged” with the independent review, adding it would “not be appropriate” to comment further until it was complete.

Stephen Boden and partner Shannon Marsden killed Finley Boden on Christmas Day in 2020. the victim was found to have suffered 130 “appalling” injuries.

A jury found the pair, from Chesterfield, Derbyshire, guilty of murder following a trial at Derby Crown Court on Friday and the convicted couple will be sentenced on 26 May.