Hands clasped to her mouth, callous
child killer Rebecca Shuttleworth whoops with delight as she realises
her girlfriend has just won £10,000 on the lottery.
This
sickening footage was taken only months after Shuttleworth, 25, had
beaten her two-year-old son Keanu Williams to death in a flat in
Birmingham.
Shuttleworth,
who subjected Keanu to horrific abuse from the day he was born in 2008
until his death in 2011, was on bail awaiting trial when this video was
made.
No shame: Rebecca Shuttleworth, centre, opens her mouth in delight as her partner, left, receives a lottery win
Joy: The 25-year-old was awaiting trial for murdering her two-year-old son at the time
Evil: The killer nodded in agreement when her partner said they would use the winnings 'to go on holiday'
It is understood she was living
with her partner in Rusholme, Manchester, and was still protesting her
innocence after the death of Keanu.
The
toddler, who was known to police and social services, had 37 injuries
including bite marks, a fractured skull and a fist-sized tear in his
stomach.
But despite knowing she was about to
go on trial for her son's murder, Shuttleworth happily went on camera
with her partner to celebrate her win in the People's Postcode
Lottery.
She introduces herself to presenter Judie McCourt before screaming with joy when the prize money is revealed.
Shuttleworth even nods along and
agrees when Kurstie tells the presenter they will use the money to
decorate their flat and go on holiday.
Oblivious that she is talking to an alleged murderer, Ms McCourt grasps Shuttleworth and says 'enjoy it, the pair of you.'
Keanu was hit repeatedly with a stick or rod over 48 hours and died of internal bleeding, a post-mortem examination found.
Carefree: Keanu Williams, pictured plays with a
bucket of water, died on 9 January, 2011 after being admitted to
hospital with multiple injuries
Shocking: A a body map details the harrowing injuries sustained by Keanu Williams
Paramedics discovered his body at the
home of Shuttleworth’s then boyfriend, Luke Southerton, 32.
A review has
begun into why social workers failed to spot the abuse.
Keanu’s injuries were not ‘isolated’ but part of a long chain of abuse by his mother, who now faces life behind bars.
Yet Shuttleworth had duped officials into thinking she was ‘caring and competent’.
It adds to questions about children’s
services at Labour-run Birmingham City Council, rated ‘inadequate’ since
2009 after deaths of children known to social workers.
Cases include
that of seven-year-old Khyra Ishaq, starved to death in 2008.
Last month the department was labelled ‘utter chaos’ by members of its own watchdog.
Yesterday Jane Held, head of the
Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board, which is reviewing Keanu’s
death, said social services, medics and police ‘missed a significant
number of opportunities to intervene’.
Birmingham Crown Court heard that Shuttleworth had ‘resented’ Keanu virtually from his birth in 2008.
Denial: Rebecca Shuttleworth and Luke Southerton, pictured together in the dock of Birmingham Crown Court, both denied murder
Crime scene: Police and forensic officers the area around the flat in Birmingham where Keanu Williams was found dead
Hellish: Pictured is the bed where Keanu
Williams, who was discovered by paramedics with 37 separated injuries on
his body, would sleep
Shuttleworth, who was living with
Keanu’s father in Torquay, Devon, saw the child as an ‘obstruction to
living her life as she wanted’, the jury was told.
Prosecutor Christopher Hotten QC said
she spent much of her childhood in care as her alcoholic mother
struggled to cope, giving her ‘considerable experience of the care
system’.
Following Keanu’s birth she received
‘extensive’ support from health and social workers, posing as an
‘attentive’ mother at parenting classes.
She moved back to her home city of Birmingham when Keanu was 15 months old, starting a relationship with Southerton.
Mr Hotten said Shuttleworth used her
knowledge of the care system to ‘manipulate social workers, teachers,
doctors and care professionals to believe that she was a competent and
caring mother’.
She told staff at the child’s nursery his bruises came
from bumps or falls.
In December 2010, she took Keanu to hospital with burned feet, which she claimed came from a radiator beside his bed.
She was told police would inspect her home, and texted Southerton to make sure their stories matched up.
A month later, paramedics found the
boy dead at the flat in the deprived Ward End suburb.
The couple had
dialled 999, claiming Keanu had had a heart attack.
Mr Hotten told the
jury Shuttleworth hoped he would ‘get better’ and only called 999 when
she realised it was hopeless.
Detective Chief Inspector Caroline
Marsh, who led the investigation for West Midlands Police, said: ‘In the
past, I have described her as a monster and perhaps I would stand by
that.’
The force would not comment on its prior involvement in the case because of the review.
Southerton was cleared of murder,
manslaughter and causing or allowing the death, but convicted of cruelty
yesterday after a six-month trial.
Shuttleworth, who was convicted of four counts of child cruelty as well as murder, will be sentenced alongside him today.
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