A mom and her accomplice have been charged with the homicide of an ‘clever and inquisitive’ nine-year-old boy at a house in Worcestershire.
Alfie Steele was present in a crucial situation at a home in Droitwich on February 18 final 12 months earlier than being airlifted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, the place he later died.
His mom Carla Scott, 34, and her accomplice Dirk Howell, 39, have been charged along with his homicide.
They can even seem charged with youngster cruelty offences at Worcester Crown Court docket on February 25.
On the time of the incident, West Mercia Police stated detectives had been treating Alfie’s loss of life as ‘unexplained’.
His grandfather, Paul Scott, described him as ‘brave like a lion’ in a touching tribute.
He stated: ‘We’re utterly devastated by the lack of Alfie, he had a smile that may soften butter.

9-year-old Alfie Steele (pictured) who was present in a crucial situation on February 18 and later died after being airlifted to the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham

Locals marked Alfie’s loss of life by displaying blue teddies (pictured), and drawings of bears, of their home windows
‘He was clever and inquisitive, and was brave like a lion; he was an excellent Christian boy who was stuffed with God.’
‘He would by no means shrink back from something and had no worry.’
Locals residents marked Alfie’s loss of life by displaying blue teddies, and drawings of bears, of their home windows.
One stated: ‘He was such a smiley, completely satisfied boy. Once I noticed the 2 air ambulances land by the home I simply felt numb. I knew immediately that one thing horrible had occurred.
‘It is simply heartbreaking for a life to be misplaced at such a younger age.’