Logan Mwangi was found dead on July 31 last year in a river near his home in Bridget. Logan’s mother Angharad Williamson, 31, of Lower Llansantffraid, Sarn, Bridgend, and John Cole, 40, of Maesglas, Ynysawdre, Bridgend, deny his murder. A third defendant, who could not be named for legal reasons due to his age, also pleaded not guilty to murder and is all on trial in Cardiff Crown Court.
Prosecutors say Logan was “violently and continuously assaulted” before his death and suffered the kind of injuries usually seen in car crashes before his body was dumped in the Ogmore River. You can summarize the latest on the case by going here.
Read more:Go here to summarize the prosecution case in full Williamson, with long black hair and black glasses, was called to the witness box on Tuesday afternoon. She told the court about her past and said she has a twin brother and a younger one. Her father was a stockbroker and her mother also worked in finance. Defendant said: “My mom is from Radyr and my dad is a boy from East Ham.” Her parents divorced when she was about three years old. She received private primary education and went to public school until she was 16, according to the court. Williamson said she took 12 GCSEs and volunteered for an award-winning multiple sclerosis charity. He said: “My mother and my aunt suffer from multiple sclerosis.” He moved to Southend at the age of 17 and received his BTEC National Animation Diploma. He also had a job on Saturday working at Carphone Warehouse. At the age of about 18 she returned to live with her mother and worked as a manager at Phones4U. It lost its job when the company was liquidated. When Williamson was 21 or 22, her mother indicated that she wanted to return to Wales. Defendant says they gave her one of her mother’s credit cards until she found another job, but abused her. He said, “I had a little more party with my friends.” Her mother lodged a complaint with the police and was charged with two counts of theft and on May 14, 2014 she was sentenced to a community warrant and was not paid for her work. She also took her mother’s car with a friend to get cigarettes. He was arrested because he was worried about receiving a motor vehicle, but no charges were filed. Peter Rouch QC’s lawyer if she had a grudge against her mother, but the defendant said: “Not at all, my mom was trying to teach me a lesson.” She later described her mother as “her best friend”. Williamson said she was prone to “eff and jeff as if she were going out of fashion” and added that “her feelings take up a lot” which she said “has been true since I was a little girl”. Mr. Rouch said, “Can you go from top to bottom and back again?” Williamson replied: “Very quickly. “I can be nervous and anxious about something and then be okay and then be excited and happy.” Williamson said she and Logan’s father, Ben Muang, “clicked very well” and became pregnant in June 2015. When asked about her pregnancy, he said: “It was horrible. I had frequent seizures from the three months after pregnancy…. Lots of vomiting, weight loss. It was scary. I was very anxious μουν I was afraid to get pregnant, to hit my belly, to be alone, I was very anxious…. “I went and found my mom and moved in with her.” Williamson said Logan was born by emergency caesarean section and weighed 7 pounds and a half ounces. “He was perfect. I took pictures every day, I was very happy with Logan…. “I loved this boy’s bones,” he said. Logan Mwangi mother Angharad Williamson and father John Cole (Image: Athena Pictures) Mr. Rouch asked his client, “How was your relationship with Logan?” Excited, Williamson said: “It was beautiful. I’m a very emotional person and Logan was a big hug – so was my mom. We were very close. Logan was my little helper. “We did everything together – he was such a happy boy.” Mr Rouch said: “Was he a smart kid?” Williamson replied: “He was so smart – he wanted to explore the world and see what it was about. I was very proud, I put his pictures and showed him on Facebook.” She admitted to being “a little overprotective” of Logan and said it was “a teacher’s worst nightmare”. He told the jury: “I wanted to make sure he had everything… Spare shoes, wellies, change of clothes… .. I called them and asked them if it was a good day…. I was his mom, I knew his signs and I had to know he was fine “. Defendant said she met Cole at the Railway Inn pub in Bridget in 2019. She said: “We were nice, chatting and drinking.” Asked if Cole was involved, Williamson said: “He said it was complicated.” He added: “We slept together the first night – it was a one night stand and it continued from there.” Williamson has since said Cole would come to the apartment regularly. Mr. Rouch asked, “How was the relationship between you and Mr. Cole?” Williamson said, “Perfect.” He added: “I felt I had failed Logan because his biological father was not around and Jordan was not a good man. “I desperately wanted a little fairytale family.” She said after she and Logan went to London to visit Muangi that “things changed” and Cole became “very cold” and would “interrogate” her and Logan as she believed Williamson was unfaithful to Mr Muanggi. “It was a constant controversy that continued until literally before Logan died,” he said, adding: “It was because he was guilty of having an affair with another man while I was in London.” Williamson said she and Logan were affectionate and John Cole had a problem with their proximity. He said: “He did not like how cuddled Logan and I were.” Williamson said she and Logan became “less caressed” because of Cole’s influence. In August 2020, Logan injured his hand. Williamson said she invited her son to dinner and “jumped out of bed, ran and heard a fall down the stairs.” He continued: “I ran to the middle landing and Logan was in a pile on the floor. I picked him up and I could see his hand dropped and a floppy disk. He cried and blessed him. “ Williamson said that she and Cole were “neurotic” for Covid, but her partner “said where was the SAS that it knew how to click[stonomo”Okatigoroumenosprosthese”EipanatonvgaloapotonponoTotravixetokylisekaitokoumposekaitoedesekaitouedosaCalpol”[theshoulder”Thedefendantadded:”IsaidtogethimoutofpainHepulleditrolleditandclickeditandstrappeditupandIgavehimCalpol”[στονώμο»Οκατηγορούμενοςπρόσθεσε:”ΕίπανατονβγάλωαπότονπόνοΤοτράβηξετοκύλισεκαιτοκούμπωσεκαιτοέδεσεκαιτουέδωσαCalpol”[theshoulder”Thedefendantadded:”IsaidtogethimoutofpainHepulleditrolleditandclickeditandstrappeditupandIgavehimCalpol” The next day he could see that his shoulder had “fallen” and realized that “she had to take him to the hospital”. Mr. Rousseau asked, “What did John Cole say?” Williamson said, “He agreed with that, he said, ‘What about the hand?’ I said, “I asked you to do it, you have beliefs, I will take the blame for it, I am his mother and it was my responsibility.” Williamson said she kept Logan out of school until his arm was fully recovered. He said: “He could not be wiped and I did not want anyone I did not know to touch him.” In addition to the murder charge, all three defendants are also charged with distorting justice, including transporting Logan’s body to a river near Pandy Park, removing his clothes, washing blood-stained bedding and making a false report to a missing person. Williamson and the young man pleaded not guilty to both charges, while Cole denied the murder, but admitted to distorting the course of justice. Williamson and Cole were also accused of causing or allowing the death of a child, which they both denied. 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