Stepfather ‘threatened to kill Logan Mwangi if partner left him’, jury hears

John Cole claims Logan's mother, Angharad Williamson, shook the boy, but both deny murdering him

A stepfather accused of murdering a five-year-old had threatened to kill the boy if the child's mother broke up with him, a jury has been told.

John Cole, who is on trial for murdering Logan Mwangi, denied making the threat but admitted to striking the boy the day before he died and dumping his body on a riverbank.