It really defies belief. And the agonies the Jury must have suffered - probably haunt them for life.
I guess the CPS feared that the murder case might have not stuck, although I feel pretty sure it would have.
What really *** me off is the number of Social Services hoops that my brother and his wife had to jumped through before they got the go-ahead to adopt, yet these slime-balls get away with murder (literally) - where were Social Services when they were really required.